Correspondence and papers re the preparation of Mountfort's book and Nicholson's chapter, with a few papers relating to the expedition Mountfort is the principal correspondent. Included is a small pocket notebook in Nicholson's hand with notes on photographs taken at the Coto Donana. Also included are a few letters relating to an 'introductory paper on the Camargue and the Coto Donana' by I.J. Ferguson-Lees.

Printed material relating to the conservation of the Coto Donana. Reprints of papers, including one by Nicholson (1963) and another to which he contributed photographs (1958); ornithological reports; cuttings of newspaper articles, some by Nicholson.

'The Coto Donana - Twenty Years of Change', by Nicholson et al. 13pp draft in Nicholson's hand, with attached manuscript notes.

'Past, Present and Future', chapter by Nicholson contributed to , by Guy Mountfort, London 1958 Contents of an envelope inscribed 'Coto Donana 1957'. Contains a typescript draft with manuscript revisions by an unknown hand. Nicholson took part in the important 1957 expedition which included visits to other locations in Spain, April-June 1957 (Coto Donana visit was during May). He was responsible for sound recording and field work. The expedition documented the…

Correspondence and papers re the preparation of Mountfort's book and Nicholson's chapter, with a few papers relating to the expedition Mountfort is the principal correspondent. Also included are a few letters relating to an 'introductory paper on the Camargue and the Coto Donana' by I.J. Ferguson-Lees

Correspondence and papers re the preparation of Mountfort's book and Nicholson's chapter, with a few papers relating to the expedition Mountfort is the principal correspondent. Also included are a few letters relating to an 'introductory paper on the Camargue and the Coto Donana' by I.J. Ferguson-Lees

'Letters Donana', contents of an envelope so inscribed. Nicholson's correspondence with various individuals, with related papers, re new approaches to the conservation of Coto Donana

'Letters Donana', contents of an envelope so inscribed. Nicholson's correspondence with various individuals, with related papers, re new approaches to the conservation of Coto Donana.

Detailed manuscript notes, in Nicholson's hand, for the Coto Donana Management Plan. This Plan was also referred to as the 'Master Plan'.

'The Coto Donana - History of a Struggle', an article by Nicholson, possibly published in . 12pp typescript draft with manuscript revisions, Mar 1978, with explanatory note; revised version; note in Spanish relating to the article; brief correspondence re possible publication The article attempted to summarise the background to the drawing up of the 'Master Plan'.

Two untitled typescript drafts re international support for Coto Donana, dated 1963; typescript note regarding publicity for Coto Donana, 1963.

Typescript draft by Nicholson titled 'Coto Donana Management Plan', 1977; typescript draft 'Master Plan', 1977, possibly by Nicholson; manuscript draft by Nicholson with later 6pp typescript draft version titled 'Coto de Donana, Spain, the present state of play', 1978; various notes, mostly typescript (authorship not indicated) including a page titled 'Changes in ecology and fauna'; papers in Spanish. The 1977 draft documents resulted from a meeting on the future of the Coto…

Correspondence between Nicholson and J.J.H. Wilson re the latter's visit to the Coto Donana.

Contents of an unmarked envelope: 2pp manuscript notes on 'Purple Gallinules' dated 29 April 1976; 2pp typescript notes headed 'Objective of the [Master Plan] Project', 1977; set of manuscript notes headed 'Donana follow-up' on first page, 1981; 4pp typescript draft titled 'The Rescue of Donana', undated (after 1978); various undated manuscript notes and drafts.

Correspondence and reports re visits to the Coto Donana by others, in particular Cindy Buxton of Survival Anglia Ltd.

'Spanish lagoons south of Coto Donana', contents of an envelope so inscribed. Brief correspondence, with maps and other papers, re the ecology of the lagoons.

Symposium on Specialist Group Visits to Donana National Park, 22-26 Nov 1981. The Symposium appears to have been held within or close to the Coto Donana, Nicholson participated. Various papers including programme and typescript notes by Nicholson written before and after the Symposium; letter arising.

Undated manuscript notes by Nicholson, contents of an envelope. One set of notes is headed 'Paper for Nov. [?1981] Symposium', another set is titled 'Visiting the Parque Nacional de Donana'; copy of letter from Nicholson to J. Castroviejo, Aug 1984 (found with the notes). All the notes are possibly related to the Symposium of Nov 1981.

Correspondence re threats to Coto Donana from proposed tourist development. Included is copy of Nicholson's letter to the Duke of Edinburgh and the latter's reply. There was strong opposition to the development, within Spain and internationally, to which Nicholson gave his support.

Meeting of the Spanish Ornithological Society, Coto Donana, Dec 2000. Nicholson accepted an invitation to attend the meeting at which he received an award for his contribution to conserving the Coto Donana. Biographical note on Nicholson; 1p rough manuscript notes on the trip; copies of letters of thanks from Nicholson to the hosts.