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The file contains a deleted account of a walk in the mountains near Dolgellau, describing views of Rhobell, Rhinog, Mawddach, Cader Idris and Wnion, and bird list inside back cover

The series comprises small pocket diaries containing names of useful contacts, personal and professional engagements, brief field notes and health problems, especially attacks of migraine. Some have been re-used for bird lists at a later date.

Photocopy of a letter, dated 28 November 1971, in the hand of William Condry, addressed to his niece Chris (Christine Demmar), enclosing an account of 'Jacky' his pet jackdaw; together with a covering note from Chris to Penny Condry, [July 2016].

The file consists of handwritten notes, entitled 'Peter Crow and his Syrphids', describing the late North Wales entomologist's interest in hover-flies.

The file consists of handwritten lists of photographs and slides of African birds, animals, insects, plants, trees, maps and landscapes, memos, notes of suggestions made by the publishers, and a note, with sketch, on the identification of a particular bird.

The file consists of material used for the preparation of Condry's first book, Thoreau, published in 1954.

The file consists of typescript articles and relevant letters from American Thoreau scholars.

The series comprises pocket diaries, notebooks, loose index cards, correspondence, articles, printed information booklets and leaflets, maps, checklists and nature reserve management plans, relating to Condry's visits to Africa, Ireland, Jersey, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland, covering the topography, climate, plant and animal life, nature reserves and national parks of each country.

The file includes two small notebooks containing diaries and other notes on the trips to Ireland in 1965 and 1994, loose index cards with some entries relating to extinct animal species, early prehistory and megaliths, articles by Condry on Irish loughs, the coast of Clare and the flora of the Burren, a photocopied press article, 1994, reporting a campaign of the Burren Action Group, publications lists and plant list from the Royal Irish Academy.

The file consists of two notebooks, the first of which contains a nature diary, 1947-1948, mainly describing the appearances, distribution and habits of birds seen on Jersey, illustrated by occasional sketches, with a few observations made in Cardiganshire and other places on the outward and return journeys, bird lists and useful addresses at the back, with notes by Penny Condry on wild flowers, 1949, and the gardens at Glygyrog Ddu and Felin-y-cwm, 1949-1953. The smaller notebook contains a diary by Penny Condry, autumn 1947, describing the restoration of Ronald Lockley's house, and a few, unrelated notes on Latin accents.

The file includes a spiral-bound pad and loose pages of notes describing the different sites visited in Spain and during the return journey through France, with some photographic notes, addresses and deleted drafts of 'Country Diary' articles; loose index cards listing birds not breeding in southern Spain, individual bird species, bibliographic references, plants and places of scenic interest and a typescript article by Condry, entitled 'A Magnificent Spanish Nature Reserve'.

The file comprises letters and postcards, some of them annotated by Condry, concerning sightings, distribution and identification of birds, mammals, insects and plants, bird photography, persecution of birds of prey, kite protection, birdwatching activities at Bird Rock, published and private wildlife records, especially in connection with West Wales Field Society. Correspondents include E. H. T. Bible, (16) 1945-1954, on birds seen in and around Aberdovey, particularly starlings, swifts and herons, recognition of the need for egg protection and contact with Mary Richards; A. W. Boyd, (1) 1950, on identifying features of the Little Stint; Hugh Chater, (1) 1950, discussing cultivated strawberries, spartina and familiarity with Devon; T. A. W. Davis (1) 1951, in note form, reporting sightings of squirrels, long-tailed tits, mute swans and the breeding status of starlings; Jack [Grasse] (5) [1951], mainly concerning birds seen during visits to Wales and identification of ants; Geoffrey Ingram, a postcard, 1950, on chaffinch migration, acknowledging Bible and Salter, and the updating of a fauna of North Wales; Philip ('Pip') Miles (4), 1952, on insect migration and identification, with printed entomological bulletins and observation sheet; J. H. Owen (12), 1949-53, concerning wildlife books, numerous different birds, especially robins, and wasps, Morrey Salmon, (2), 1950, on eider ducks, and a letter to Salmon 1960, on the ecology of Borth Bog; Irene ('Benjamin') and H. R. H. ('Taff') Vaughan, (4), 1952, mainly regarding red kite protection, butterfly migration and dialect bird names; and Kyffin Williams, (1) 1951, about the sighting of a hoopoe.

The section comprises secondary school reports, 1929-1936, a university certificate and related letters, 1979-1981, newspaper and magazine articles written about Condry during his lifetime, 1973-1992, obituaries, letters of condolence to his widow, other memorials and tributes, 1998-2020.

The series comprises drafts of newsletters of the West Wales Field Society (later West Wales Naturalists' Trust), entitled Field Notes, produced more or less quarterly between 1950 and 1954, containing information on the evolution of the Society, its work, annual meetings, ornithological and botanical notes, wildlife and conservation issues

The series comprises notes, articles, correspondence, newsletters and surveys concerning the identification, distribution and habits of birds, insects and mammals.

The file comprises draft and printed articles, notes, species lists, survey sheets, radio and television scripts, questionnaires, press cuttings, maps and correspondence relating to wildlife in general and British mammals, particularly badgers, bats, dormice, otters, polecats and pine martens, rabbits and hares, seals and squirrels. Amongst the correspondents supplying Condry with relevant information about these mammals are Biblos' [E. H. T. Bible], G. C. S. Ingram,Bob' Owen of Croesor, J. H. Owen, Iorwerth C. Peate, Jack [Grasse], Arthur Brook, Frances Pitt and [H. R. H.] `Taff' [Vaughan].