This month’s Scarce Migrants report is my first major report since I took to the Editor’s chair. The publication of these annual reports, laid out with the same sets of data each time, allows for easy comparison across years. There is, however, one thing that’s changed dramatically over the past decade – the order in which the species are listed. Gone are the days when the report started with divers. Now, divers come just before… hang on, where do divers come? Are they in the same place they were last year? And will they be in the same place next year? There used to be a time when I knew the order more or less by heart. Nowadays, I have to constantly refer back to the list to check. With that in mind, this year’s [print] Scarce Migrants report has an addition to it – an index, which we hope readers will find useful.