Recent reports

13 March 2014
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The previous summary {Brit. Birds, 65: 267-268) covered most of the rarities and scarce migrants in March. Here we deal with the departure of certain winter visitors and the arrival of spring ...
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News and comment

13 March 2014
Comments News and comment Wildfowl Trust expansion The Wildfowl Trust has announced plans for a major refuge and waterfowl collection in Lancashire. The chosen site is that of the former Martin Mere, between Southport and Burscough Bridge, which was drained for agriculture in the ...
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Letters

13 March 2014
Comments Letters Danish White Storks in south-west England I was very interested in J. B. Bottomley's article on the wanderings of three young White Storks Ciconia ciconia from FrØstrup, Denmark, in September 1971 (Brit. Birds, 65: 4-5, plates 1-3). During the summ...
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Notes

13 March 2014
Comments Notes Moorhen completely submerging for more than a minute On 16 th January 1972 James Parkin and I were walking along the bank of the River Eden near Musgrave, Westmorland, when we saw a Moorhen Gallinula chloropus disappear into a pool about 2 5 metres away. ...
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Reviews

01 December 1979
Comments Reviews The Orbis Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain and Europe. Edited by John Gooders. Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1971, and Orbis Publishing Ltd, 1978. Five volumes, first and last sent for review; hundreds of colour photographs, illustrations, maps, species acco...
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Recent Reports

01 December 1979
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers September, with several August and early October records; except where otherwise stated, dates refer to September. High pressure regions persisted for most of the month t...
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News and Comment

01 December 1979
Comments News and comment New NNRs Some 220 ha on the famous Ythan Estuary have been added to the existing 718 ha of the Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire. The reserve includes not only one of the largest and least disturbed dune...
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