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Pallas's Warblers in Britain in 1963

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper U P TO 1963 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopnsproregulus has been found in the British Isles on only seven occasions, all in October and November on the English east coast between Northumberland and Kent. During late October and early November 1963, however, a...

The influx of Cranes in October 1963

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper Cranes Megalornis grus recorded in Britain. Even so, in the five years from 1958 to 1962 only about 50 were reported and the largest number together was six. Thus the influx of some hundreds of these birds towards the end of October 1963 was unique in mod...

British bird-photographers 3. J. B. and S. Bottomley

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper photographic team. They take turns in hides, and in the dark room develop the negatives together before one operates the enlarger while the other makes the prints. Brian was born in 1919 in Halifax, Yorkshire, and on leaving school joined the Army. During...

Crossbills in Britain and Ireland in 1963

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper T H E I R R U P T I O N S O F Crossbills Loxia spp. into Britain in the summer and autumn of 1962 were described by Williamson (1963a), the account being supplemented by a list of records up to the end of the year (Williamson 1963b). The midsummer arrival...

The Little Ringed Plover in Yorkshire

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper T H E Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius curonicus) was first noted in Yorkshire in 1947; and breeding was proved in 1948, for the first time in the north of England. The site was an area of shale and water in the W e s t Riding. J. E. Beckerlegge, ...

The Little Ringed Plover in Southern England in 1948

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper IN 1948 the Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius curonicus) bred in Southern England for the fifth year in succession and there was a further extension of range. As in previous years the main concentration was within twenty miles around London, where a...

Studies of Some Species Rarely Photographed: XVI. The Flamingo

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper Photographed by W. E. HIGHAM, T. W. B, JEANS, H. A. PATRICK AND G. K. YEATES. (Plates 61-69.) W E particularly welcome the opportunity of publishing a selection of the remarkable series of photographs · of Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) taken by Mr. Y...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1964 Comments Main paper Aultbea (Ross), 17.11.47, by Trondheim, Norway, 20.5.48. P . A. Rayfield. E d i n b u r g h , 28.2.48, b y Naerland, (Jaeren) Norway, Midlothian O.C. 30.5.48. Cleveleys (Lanes.) , 10.2.47, by Durham 23.3.48. [85 m. N.E.] R. M. Band. Ditto 10.11.47 Mouth o...

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