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The moult migration of Shelduck from Cheshire in 1956

01 January 1975 Comments Main paper ...

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Flight identification of European raptors

01 November 1973 Comments Main paper In this, the final part of the series, we deal with the two remaining falcons, the three Acripiter hawks and the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus. These six species are divided into two groups--the kestrels and Black-winged Kite, and the Accipiters. ...

The breeding birds of a New Forest valley

01 November 1973 Comments Main paper The extensive heaths, unenclosed woodlands and valley bogs of the New Forest, Hampshire, are of outstanding scientific interest and collectively form the largest remaining tract of 'semi-natural' or 'unsown' vegetation in lowland Britain. The Forest wa...

Recent Reports

01 November 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary deals mainly with August, a month in which strong westerly winds in the first week brought in a number of American waders. However, anticyclonic conditions thereafter prod...

Reviews

01 November 1973 Comments Reviews The Natural History of Cape Clear Island. Edited by J. T. R. Sharrock. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1973. 208 pages; 18 photographs; many maps, diagrams and line-drawings. £3.00. Since 1959 Cape Clear has established itself as a major European bi...

Notes

01 November 1973 Comments Notes Unusual behaviour of Black-necked Grebe From 6th to 15th October 1969, I daily observed a Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis in the harbour of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. When undisturbed by passing boats, it frequently dived and fed insid...

The "Invasion" type of bird migration

01 August 1957 Comments Main paper FOOD-SHORTAGE IS generally assumed to be involved in those emigrations that are called " i r r u p t i o n s " or " i n v a s i o n s " (these terms of course, being applied in the areas into which the birds come). W h a t it seemed most urgent to explain...

Editorial

01 August 1957 Comments Editorials MANY KIND THINGS have been written in the Press about the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication of British Birds, including a leading article in The Times, an editorial in The Field and appreciative notes in Country Life, the Observer and the Sund...

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The moult migration of Shelduck from Cheshire in 1956

Notes

Reviews

Flight identification of European raptors

The breeding birds of a New Forest valley

Recent Reports

Reviews

Notes

The "Invasion" type of bird migration

Editorial

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