Recent reports

01 November 1988 Comments News and comment Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana Pendeen (Cornwall), 28th September. Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa (and also Sabine's Gull Larus sabini and Long-tailed Skua Sterairarius longicaudus) widespread in coastal areas, 6th-11th October. Oriental P...
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Monthly reports: July reports

01 November 1988 Comments News and comment The wettest July for over fifty years was the result of the track of the eastward-moving Atlantic depression being persistently farther south than normal, bringing unsettled cool weather. The winds were predominantly southwesterly in the south of Brita...
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News and Comment

01 November 1988 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this Feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Irish expedition to Northeast Greenland, 1987. We have received a copy of the report of this expedition which spent 78 days (29th May to 13th August) in one of the...
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Review

01 November 1988 Comments Reviews RSPB Conservation Review. Number 1, 1987. Edited by C. James Cadbury and Michael Everett. RSPB, Sandy, 1987. 96 pages; 20 colour plates; 24 black-and-white plates. Paperback £3.00. For some years now, the need for a new regular publication by the...
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Reviews

01 May 1982 Comments Reviews The Birds of Wiltshire. Edited by John Buxton. Wiltshire Library and Museum Service, Trowbridge, 1981. 194 pages; 32 black-and-white plates; 116 line-drawings; 100 distribution maps. £5.50.  I have to admit that reading this book was like...
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Recent reports

01 May 1982 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records After the severe weather of December and January, February was very dull, but largely frost-free. Until 14th, south to westerly winds brought mild air in from the Atlantic. From 15th, the h...
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