Recent reports

01 October 1989
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 11th August to 15th September 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Porthgwarra (Cornwall), singles on 13th and 14th August. Little Egret Egretta garze...
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Monthly marathon

01 October 1989
Comments Other The bird in plate 236 was named by competitors as: Green-backed Butorides striatus (85%) Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis (7%) Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (4%) Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca (3%). The majority got it right; the superb photograph of a ...
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Mystery photographs

01 October 1989
Comments Main paper This small crouching passerine looks like a pipit Anthus, but has a seed-eater's bill. The tail is quite long, and the plumage is comparatively plain but for a fairly strong head pattern and some distinct streaking on the underparts. From this com...
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Monthly reports: May 1989

01 October 1989
Comments News and comment Settled anticyclonic weather predominated during the month. For the first ten days, the high-pressure area was centred over Britain and Ireland with higher-than-average temperatures. On 11th, the pressure declined, and cold unsettled weather arrived fr...
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News and Comment

01 October 1989
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Duich Moss latest. The NCC has at last been able to put the final seal of safety on the future of Duich Moss peat bog on Islay. Not only has the Moss been declared...
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Reviews

01 October 1989
Comments Reviews The Birds of Egypt. Edited by Steven M. Goodman and Peter L. Meininger. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989. 551 pages; 6 colour plates; 17 black-and-white plates; 126 maps. £70.00. Today's bird-book reviewer has one constant moan--that the pri...
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