Recent Reports

01 August 1991
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th June to 11th July 1991 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake (both Co. Wexford), 6th7th July. Black Stork Ciconia nigra Stifflc...
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News and Comment

01 August 1991
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. British Birdwatching Fair 1991. The Fair is set to take place over the weekend of 30th August to 1st September and is expected to attract thousands of birdwatchers...
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Requests

01 August 1991
Comments Editorials Entangled seabirds. A one-year project has been commissioned by the Tidy Britain Group to study six-pack and four-pack can-carriers in the marine environment. The study is concerned with the probability and methods of entanglement of seabirds by can-ea...
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Announcements

01 August 1991
Comments Editorials 'BB' goes to Morocco. Morocco--one of the most exciting ornithological countries in the Western Palearctic--is the destination for a British Birefc-SUNBIRD trip in April 1992. The leaders will be SUNBIRD Director, Bryan Bland, and Rarities Committee Ch...
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Letter

01 August 1991
Comments Letters Flight calls of Two-barred Crossbill .Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera has three main flight calls which are, in the vast majority of field situations, clearly distinct from those of other crossbills. Crossbill L. curvirostra and Parrot Crossbill ...
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Notes

01 August 1991
Comments Notes Alert posture of Yellow-billed and Great White Egrets. Great White Egrets Egretta alba occur in winter in West Africa alongside Yellow-billed Egrets E. intermedia. While a close view of the head and facial structure will serve to separate them, the two...
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Seasonal reports Winter 1990/91

01 August 1991
Comments News and comment After the wet, stormy end to October 1990, the weather in November quietened down considerably, and the month as a whole was dry and unusually sunny, particularly in the south and west of England. From 9th, fronts from the Atlantic brought rain in slow...
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Monthly marathon

01 August 1991
Comments Other Competitors found the eye-level, rear view of the flying raptor (plate 117) far less of a problem than the previous month's front view of the flying Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (plate 110), which knocked everyone back to the start line. Answers w...
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Short reviews

01 August 1991
Comments Reviews The Good Birdwatchers Guide. By Peter Jennings. (Ficedula Books, Llandrindod Wells, 1991. 482 pages. Paperback £9.95). Some 2,500 birdwatching sites in Britain get three to ten lines each. Access information uses grid references, making OS maps essent...
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