The Club was founded in 1986, and has over 130 members.
Membership is free and open to all, residents or visitors. Funds are raised by donations at meetings and from the sale of publications. Members are circulated in spring and autumn, by e-mail or post, with a programme of events and a summary of recent wildlife observations.
The Club is a constituted group, whose aims are to encourage the study and enjoyment of the Assynt landscape, geology and wildlife. It organises talks and other events in the winter and field trips in the summer. Members participate in a variety of surveys, many of which have resulted in reports or publications (see below).
The Committee of the Club consists of three Officers elected annually, Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, and six other members. Currently these are:
Chairman: Andy Summers 01571 844654
Secretary: Gwen Richards 01571 844032
Treasurer: Julie Grey 01571 855366
Committee Members: Clarinda Chant, Ian Evans, Lyn Fairchild, David Haines, Ian MacKenzie
Membership of the Field Club is administered by our Treasurer Julie Grey. If you would like to become a member of Assynt Field Club, for which there is no cost, please contact Julie at jmgrey {at} btinternet(.)com or telephone 01571 855366 to be added to our electronic mailing list.
Wildlife records are co-ordinated by Ian Evans at ian.evans.nedd {at} gmail(.)com. Tel 01571 833241
Achievements
Reports and publications produced by the Club include:
Amphibian Survey (1993)
Assynt Nature Calendar (1995, 1996)
Garden Bird Survey (1997-2009)
Birds of Assynt (1998; 3rd edition 2004, price £2.80)
Assynt Cetacean Survey (1998, 1999)
Assynt Muirburn Survey (2008)
The Club is affiliated to the Highland Biological Recording Group, and is represented on the Sutherland Partnership Biodiversity Group. It collects wildlife records for the parish and members have contributed to a number of special projects. These include the Sutherland Biodiversity Action Plan (2003), the Sutherland Marine Audit: Pilot Study (2009) and, currently, the B.T.O Bird Atlas and a survey of freshwater habitats on the Little Assynt Estate.