Looking back

01 June 2003
Comments Other `Black-headed Wagtail in East Lothian.--On July 2nd, 1952, at Aberlady Bay, East Lothian, we came across what proved to be a Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg). The bird was watched for nearly ten minutes on an area of grassy salti...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other DECREASE OF BLACK GAME IN SCOTLAND. SIRS,--With reference to the note on this subject (Brit. Birds 21: 206-207), I have had occasion to observe on some moors in Holstein, north Germany, that Black Grouse [Tetrao tetrix] are extremely susceptibl...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other Breeding status of Goosanders in Wales Roger Lovegrove `In their account of the spread of the Goosander Mergus merganser in Britain and Ireland, Meek & Little (1977) [Brit. Birds 70: 229-237] referred to proved breeding in Wales in 1972, and the po...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other FLOOD-DAMAGE AT HAVERGATE ISLAND. SIRS ,--One of our most important bird-reserves, Havergate Island, Suffolk, was severely damaged by the exceptional tide which swept down the East Anglian coast on February 1st. This island is not only unique i...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other EARLY NESTING OF THE SHAG IN DONEGAL. ON March 20th, 1927, Mr. C. B. Horsburgh reports having seen two Shags (Phalacrocorax a. aristotelis) sitting on nests, containing one egg each, on the north-west coast of Donegal. This is by far the earli...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other `Rarities Committee: new secretary Following the resignation of John M. O'Sullivan for professional reasons, Michael J. Rogers has taken on the secretaryship of the Rarities Committee. Submissions should now be sent to him at 195 Vicarage Road, Sunbury...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 2003
Comments Other The bird in photo number 196 (Brit. Birds 96: plate 59, repeated here as plate 186 is partially obscured by foliage and branches, which does not help us at all in our quest to identify it. Nevertheless, the photograph is quite realistic, being just the...
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Monthly marathon

01 April 2003
Comments Other Although different species of grass vary in size, the vegetation around the bird in photo number 195 (Brit. Birds 96: plate 28, repeated here as plate 149 is a pretty good indicator of scale and suggests that we are dealing with a small bird. The size ...
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Looking back

01 April 2003
Comments Other `WHITE-TAILED EAGLE IN BEDFORDSHIRE. ON February 20th, 1928, "a very large Hawk" was reported to me as having been seen in our park at Woburn for the first time. On the 22nd I had a very good view of it for myself, and it has been seen daily by other o...
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