The 2008 issue contains...

• Editorial - H.E.Rose
• A guide to the records required by the Avon Bird Report
• Species and sub-species for which descriptions are required
• A review of 2008 - R.J. Higgins
• Weather in 2008 - R.L. Bland
• Migrant date summary
• Introduction to the systematic list
• Contributors of records
• Systematic list:
  • Swans & Geese - R. Mielcarek
  • Ducks - M.S.Pondsford
  • Game birds - R.Mielcarek
  • Divers to Spoonbill - R.J.Higgins
  • Raptors - B.Lancastle
  • Water Rail to Crane - R.Mielcarek
  • Waders - H.E.Rose
  • Skuas to Auks - R.M.Andrews
  • Doves to Woodpeckers - R.Mielcarek
  • Passerines, Larks to Dippers - J.P. Martin
  • Passerines, Wrens to Buntings - R.L. Bland
  • Escaped, released and hybrids - R.Mielcarek
• The Birds of Clifton Downs 1994 - 2008 - R.L. Bland
• Metal pollution in BristolL An Assessment using bird of prey feathers - S.M. Murgatroyd
• Bitterns breeding at Chew Valley Lake in 1998 - K.E. Vinicombe
• Black-necked Grebes breeding at Chew Valley lake in 1998 - K.E. Vinicombe
• Black Redstarts breeding at Royal Portbury Dock - L.F. Roberts
• Eastern sub-species of Jackdaw in the Avon area - A.H. Davies
• 2007 Nesting survey of ST5877 (Southmead/Henleaze) - R.L. Bland & J. Tully
• Eagle owk in Clifton - E. Drewitt
• Breeding Birds Survey 2008 - R.L. Bland & J. Tully
• BTO Atlas report - R.L. Bland
• Avon Ringing Report - E. Drewitt
• Gazetteer - R.L. Bland
• Map of the Avon Area
• Cover design
  • Great Crested Grebe, photograph by Richard Andrews.