Notes

01 November 2004 Comments Notes In 1999, I kept watch on the single pair of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus which nested on Lacock Gravel-pits, Wiltshire. The grebes were present at the site from early February, with eggs incubated during March and three young hatched in early A...
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Announcements

01 March 1991 Comments Editorials Rarities Committee: new members As previously announced (Brit. Birds 83: 413-414), three vacancies will arise on the Rarities Committee* from 1st April 1991. In addition to the Committee's three nominations, two further independent nominations were receiv...
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Mystery photographs

01 March 1991 Comments Main paper The weak bill, small head, short neck, plump body, long tail and (presumably) short legs of last month's mystery bird (plate 64, repeated here) instantly identify it as a pigeon or dove. Most readers will have progressed farther immediately, by noticin...
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Letter

01 March 1991 Comments Letters The occurrence of 'Russian' Bean Geese in Britain. In reply to Andreas Noeske (Brit. Birds 83: 556-560), we should like to comment as follows: 1. We agree that the Bean Goose Anser fabalis shows clinal variation and that subspecific identification is d...
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