Recent reports

01 September 1996
Comments News and comment Madeira/Cape Verde/Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma madeira/P. feae/P. mollis Galley Head (Co. Cork), 27th July. American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Tresco (Scilly), 5th August. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Breydon Water (Norfolk): ...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1996
Comments Other Plate 144. 'Monthly marathon'. Photo no. 123. Third stage in ninth 'Marathon'. Identify both of the species. Read the rules on page 24 of the January issue and the amendment on page 333 in the July issue, then send in your answer on a postcard to Month...
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Reviews

01 September 1996
Comments Reviews Collins Illustrated Checklist: birds of Eastern Africa. By Ber van Perlo. HarperCollins, London, 1995. 301 pages; 96 colour plates; 1488 distribution maps, ISBN 0-00219937-8. £14.99. Ber van Perlo is to be congratulated on this brilliant guide. T...
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Mystery photographs

01 September 1996
Comments Main paper Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus is a rare visitor to Britain and Ireland which has become even rarer in recent years. A total of 47 was recorded here up to the end of 1957, 67 during 1958-83 and just 14 from 1984 to the end of 1994. An indi...
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