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Mystery photographs

01 April 1995 Comments Main paper It is early October and you come across a lone plover, obviously a Pluvialis, with no other waders present for comparison (plates 48 & 49 on page 195). First impressions are of a grey-and-white-spangled plover with a fairly obvious yellow tinge to ...

Mystery photographs

01 April 1995 Comments Main paper ...

The best field guides

01 April 1995 Comments Main paper Not long ago, the choice of field guide for use in Britain and Europe was limited to just two or three. The choice now is much wider; but it is not easier. Several are very good indeed, but the ideal, perfect, easy-to-use, wholly accurate, compact, eas...

Field identification of Red-footed Falcon

01 April 1995 Comments Main paper Of the ten species of falcon Falco recorded in Britain, the Red-footed Falcon F. vespertinus is one of the most attractive. It is an annual vagrant in varying numbers, mostly to the southern half of Britain, the majority in spring and summer and with f...

The strange case of the Whistling Oofoo: what are runt eggs

01 April 1995 Comments Main paper Every now and then, birdwatchers come across strange miniature eggs in bird nests. Often perfect replicas of normal eggs, these 'runt', 'dwarf, 'cock', 'witch' or 'wind' eggs (Romanoff & Romanoff 1949) have attracted attention and have been regarde...

Migrants through Malta and Gozo: October, 1941 to July, 1945

01 March 1947 Comments Main paper In Autumn 1941 and spring 1945, I had an opportunity of noting the comings and goings of migrants through the islands of Malta and Gozo. The vast majority of the birds seen were British birds, in so far as they are on the British List, and were passage...

Territory in the Ringed Plover

01 March 1947 Comments Main paper IN July, 1944, I had an opportunity of studying the territorial behaviour of Ringed Plover (Charadrius h. hiaticula), at Malahide, Co. Dublin, where large numbers nest in and around the tern colony. The conditions for observation were exceptionally fav...

Notes on the birds of Abberton Reservoir, Esses

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Mystery photographs

Mystery photographs

The best field guides

Field identification of Red-footed Falcon

The strange case of the Whistling Oofoo: what are runt eggs

Migrants through Malta and Gozo: October, 1941 to July, 1945

Territory in the Ringed Plover

Notes on the birds of Abberton Reservoir, Esses

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