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Young Ornithologists Of The Year

01 December 1998 Comments Main paper It was pleasing this year to have an increased number of entries, the majority of a very high standard. The six judges--representing British Birds, the British Birds Rarities Committee, the British Ornithologists' Union, the British Trust for Ornitholo...

Young Ornithologists Of the Year

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper Our aims in this competition are to foster, recognise and reward the proper recording of observations for use in county and regional bird reports and national projects such as those organised by the BTO. We hope to encourage today's generation of young...

Young Ornithologists of the year

01 December 1996 Comments Main paper The judges assembled again at 'Fountains' for another thoroughly enjoyable day of comparing and assessing the field notebooks (and more-permanent records) of some of the top young birders and birdwatchers in Britain and Ireland. The standard of the lea...

Bird photograph of the year

01 July 1996 Comments Main paper BIRD PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR. 1996, its nineteenth year, and for the second year in succession, this competition was again sponsored by Canon (UK) Ltd. It is remarkable that, year after year, we continue to see the same photographers reaching the short-...

Young ornithologists of the year

01 December 1995 Comments Main paper Having thoroughly enjoyed examining the high-quality entries during last year's judging session, the six judges assembled again at 'Fountains' with keen anticipation. We were not disappointed. The competition aims to encourage a serious study of ornith...

The incubation and fledging-periods of the Razorbill

01 April 1948 Comments Main paper THE incubation-period of the British Razorbill (Alca tarda britannica) does not appear to have been accurately recorded. The Handbook of British Birds (Vol. v, p. 146), quotes the incubation-period as "25 days in incubator (F. G. Paynter), 26-30 (O. A. J....

Skokholm bird observatory homing Experiments 1. 1936-37. Puffins, Storm-Petrels and Manx Shearwaters

01 January 1938 Comments Main paper THE formation of a Bird Observatory at Skokholm, off the South Wales coast, has provided opportunities for testing the homing capacities of various nesting sea-birds, after the manner of Watson and Lashley [8] with other sea-birds, and more recently Ruppe...

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