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British Birds – January 2009

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Editorial

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Climate change: a Swallow’s eye view

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The Cape Verde Warbler: distribution, density, habitat and breeding biology on the island of Fogo

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Letters

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Notes

01 January 2009 Comments Notes Hybrid Aythya showing features of Redhead Difference in shape of bill-base feathering between Common and Black Scoters in non-adult-male plumage Identification of Citrine and Yellow Wagtails – a possible identificat...

Notes

01 July 1958 Comments Notes Magpie burying and recovering food.--With reference to the note by Derek Goodwin on " J a y s and Carrion Crows recovering hidden food" (antea, vol. xlviii, pp. 181-183) and other comparable observations, a note on this habit in the Magpie (Pica pica) may...

The Moult migration of the Shelduck from Cheshire in 1957

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper IN 1957, observations were made for the eighth year in succession on the departure flights of Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) from the River Mersey estuary at W e s t o n , near Runcorn, Cheshire, and details are given in Table I. The moult migration in 1955 a...

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper (Plates 41-44) ACCORDING to The Handbook two specimens of the Frigate Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), or White-faced Storm Petrel as it is called in the regions where it breeds, have occurred in Britain. One was found dead at Walney Island, Lancashire, in No...

Mortality of Kittiwakes during the breeding season

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper (Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) In connection with the survey of winter wrecks of Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) (see pp. 253-266) it is of interest to note that several instances of mass mortality have occurred in recent ...

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British Birds – January 2009

Editorial

Climate change: a Swallow’s eye view

The Cape Verde Warbler: distribution, density, habitat and breeding biology on the island of Fogo

Letters

Notes

Notes

The Moult migration of the Shelduck from Cheshire in 1957

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

Mortality of Kittiwakes during the breeding season

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