The trip began with a stay at Dartingon Hall, Devon. Manuscript notes taken during discussions or a course at Dartington (Schumacher College); manuscript bird lists chiefly during the Cornish part of the trip; typescript account of the Cornwall visit; and miscellaneous notes concerning the trip.

Itineraries; manuscript notes on the trip and detailed account; and 7 colour photographs of scenes in Cumbria with annotations on the back in Nicholson's hand.

In Devon Nicholson stayed principally at Dartington Hall, before travelling to Norfolk where he met Aubrey Buxton and visited nature reserves. Itineraries, with brief correspondence regarding arrangements and arising.

The holiday included a few meetings concerning conservation business, including one with the Head of Habitat Section, Department of the Environment, Bristol. Typescript accounts of the trip, with notes on business which preceded it.

The tour included attendance at the International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, in August, where Nicholson delivered a presentation on 'Birds of the Western Palearctic'. Itineraries and typescript account of the tour; rough manuscript notes for the Congress presentation, manuscript drafts and typescript of the text; copy of letter by Nicholson to C.M. Perrins regarding the Congress. Also, includes manuscript notes on a Vienna to Budapest trip.

Includes a typescript account of the trip in which Nicholson and his wife were joined by their friends.

The trip included a visit to Sedbergh School. Letter regarding the arrangements; manuscript notes (written in diary/journal format on small pieces of paper) and manuscript summary of the trip and a letter arising.

Miscellaneous papers relating to holiday travel. Includes 'Packing lists' for various excursions in the UK and abroad. Most are undated.

Miscellaneous papers relating to holiday travel. Includes, hotel invoices, itineraries and brief correspondence relating to UK and overseas travel. Including 3 photographs of birds in captivity, annotated on the back in Nicholson's hand, taken in Switzerland, 1982.