News and comment

01 December 2009 Comments News and comment The illegal persecution of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus rarely attracts mainstream media coverage – but it was national news at the end of October! Two Hen Harriers were shot on the edge of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and police interviewed Prin...
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Letter

01 December 2009 Comments Letters The two outlying Orkney islets north of Cape Wrath usually known to ornithologists as Sule Skerry and Sule Stack, and on charts as Sule Skerry and Stack Skerry (Brit. Birds 100: 300–­304), present problems of nomenclature. Until recently, `Solan Gee...
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Notes

01 December 2009 Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Recent reports

01 August 1994 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 20th June to 17th July 1994 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Flamborough Head (Humberside), 16th July. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Up to four, Tacumshi...
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Monthly marathon

01 August 1994 Comments Other PLATE 60: Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus (60%), Monk Vulture Aegypius monachus (31%), Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos (7%), and other vultures (2%). PLATE 72: Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (83%), Grey Phalarope P. fulicarius (16%), and ...
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News and comment

01 August 1994 Comments News and comment SERIOUSLY CONCERNED that the seas around our island are suffering from neglect and mismanagement, the RSPB, in launching its Marine Life Campaign, says urgent action is needed to protect the most important areas for wildlife and promote the sustainable...
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Announcements

01 August 1994 Comments Editorials 'Birds of Fair Isle': SPECIAL OFFER Nick Dymond's definitive book (see review Brit. Birds 85: 315) is now available POST FREE through British Bird Shop for £5.95 (published price £11.95). Please order using the form on pages ix & x. ...
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Notes

01 August 1994 Comments Notes Separation of Tawny Eagle from Steppe Eagle in Israel Tawny Eagle. Aquila rapax generally looks smaller and rather puny (and also, when perched, less elongated/horizontal) compared with Steppe Eagle A. nipalensis. Diagnostically, the North Af...
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