| Marshall | DN | Recent finds on Inchmarnock | 15-18 | |
| Marshall | DN | Bronze age cairn, Little Kilmory, Bute | 19-22 | |
| Maxwell | G | Aerial reconnaissance in Bute 1977 | 23-26 | |
| Gibson | JA | The Bute beavers | 27-33 | |
| Buist | DS | Geological research in south Bute | 35-41 | |
| Gilmour | T | Social history of South Kingarth over the last 200 years | 43-55 | |
| Kerr | AJ | Some thoughts on woodlands and their wildlife | 57-60 | |
| Kerr | AJ | The role of the amateur naturalist | 61-63 | |
| Crichton | P | King Eider in Bute | 65-67 | |
| Gibson et al | Notes on the birds of the Island of Bute, 1927-1980 | 69-92 | ||
| Gibson | JA | Supplementary notes on Bute mammals | 93-95 | |
| Gibson | JA | Recent notes on lower vertebrates of the Island of Bute | 97-98 | |
| Hopkins | i | Wildfowl counts on Loch Fad and Dhu Loch, 1977-1980 | 99-102 | |
| Hopkins | I | Winter wader counts on Bute 1969-1974 | 103-106 | |
| Hopkins | I | Chemical residues in birds and eggs found on Bute | 107-109 | |
| Hopkins | i | Ringed birds on Bute | 111-112 | |
| Simpson | JB | Weather Report | 115-117 |