Monthly marathon

01 November 1986
Comments Other The bird in the second photograph (Brit. Birds 79: 418, plate 223) was identified by competition entrants as follows: Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (87%) Chaffinch F. coelebs (6%) Siskin Carduelis spinus (2%) House Sparrow Passer domesticus (2%) C...
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Recent reports

01 November 1986
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. Weather and displaced migrants For most of the month, the weather was unsettled. Atlantic depressions tracked...
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News and comment

01 November 1986
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds', Slaughter of Honey Buzzards continues. Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU). In early May, I joined other foreign delegates Conference on the Protection of Birds of ...
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Reviews

01 November 1986
Comments Reviews Birds of Iceland. By Hjalmar R. Bardarson. Hjalmar R. Bardarson, Reykjavik, 1986. 336 pages; 392 colour plates; many black-and-white illustrations; some line-drawings. Icelandic kronur 2220.00 (approx. £36.00).This is not just a book about Iceland's b...
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