Reviews

01 February 1986 Comments Reviews Gulls and Plovers: the ecology and behaviour of mixed-species feeding groups. By C. J. Barnard and D. B. A. Thompson. Croom Helm, London, 1985. 302 pages; 14 black-and-white plates; 10 line-drawings. £25.00.This book--the first of Croom Helm's project...
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Recent reports

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records.0 The dates in this report refer to November 1985 unless otherwise stated. Weather and seabird movements The cold airstream coming from the north at the end of October which introdu...
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News and Comments

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Sweden's woodpeckers and Cormorants Two of Sweden's rarer breeding species, the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos and the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo&...
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Recent reports

01 December 1976 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers September and the first part of October. Except when otherwise stated, all dates refer to September. SEABIRDS The large numbers of shearwaters present off...
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Spring summary

01 December 1976 Comments News and comment We received little information on sea-passage from coastal stations, but the following movements may be of interest. At Portland a total of 3,194 Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus passed between 2nd and 12th May. Figures for Common Scoters Melanitta n...
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