Recent reports

01 December 1997 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period from 13th October to 9th November 1997. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Great White Egret Egretta alba Cape Clear Island, 26th October, same at Sc...
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Notes

01 December 1997 Comments Notes With reference to Philip Palmer's note and photograph (Brit. Birds 86: 627, plate 231), it is not unusual for Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus to perch on overhead wires in The Gambia. Others and I have observed this and, indeed, one birdwatcher born and br...
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