Notes

01 August 1990 Comments Notes Oystercatchers incubating on closely adjacent nests. In early spring 1987, in a quiet corner of Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, soil, sand and chippings were dumped and then levelled. Later, the area became partly covered by vegetation and up to five Oy...
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Mystery photographs

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper Perched conspicuously on a prominent vantage point, this mystery bird shows a fairly substantial bill, relatively long tail and black mask, a combination which quickly shows it to be one of the shrikes Lanius. The blackness of the wings and '...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1990 Comments Other 'LAND-RAILS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. I am pleased to report that the Land-Rail (Crex crex) turned up this year in quite average numbers in the district of Cheadle, Staffordshire . . . This very dry season is bringing on a very early hay harvest, and this...
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Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 June 1986 Comments Other 'PROBABLE SNOW-GEESE IN ESSEX. I have received a communication from Major J. Thornhill, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, to the effect that while he was searching the marshes in the neighbourhood ofthat place on April 13th, 1911, he observed two pairs of birds whi...
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Notes

01 June 1986 Comments Notes Great Crested Grebe grasped the neck of the Little Grebe in its bill and appeared to be trying to submerge it under the water. After several seconds, during which it gave frequent yelping calls, the Little Grebe managed to free itself, but it appeared ...
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European news

01 June 1986 Comments Main paper This nineteenth six-monthly selection includes contributions from 22 countries. The official correspondents whose detailed six-monthly reports are summarised in this feature are acknowledged at the end of this contribution. This feature is intended as ...
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Mystery photographs

01 June 1986 Comments Main paper The warbler in last month's puzzle (plate 140, repeated here) has several eye-catching features. The supercilium is short and pointed, and there is a broad pale crescent below the eye: the pattern is distinctive, and could be shown only by Cetti's Warb...
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Product reports

01 June 1986 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have beeil submitted by the manufacturers or their agents, The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (...
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