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Letters

01 November 1999 Comments Letters Tombeur 's note on a pale Great Skua Catharacta skua in Iceland (Brit. Birds 92: 164-165) requires further comment. Judging by the `normal' bird, it looks to me as though the photographs, as well as one of the birds, are also pale. Allowing for this, I...

Looking back

01 November 1999 Comments Other `There is a point in connection with the song of birds which I have not seen mentioned, although it must have been noticed by many who are interested in ornithology; it is the differences in the note, or rather the tone of the note, of a bird, in diffe...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1998

01 November 1999 Comments Main paper This is the forty-first annual Report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it is an almost complete record of the rare birds recorded in Britain in 1998. Descriptions and, where available, photographs of each record have been scrutinised by a te...

Recent reports

01 January 1995 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 14th November 1994 to 2nd January 1995. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Very high numbers for Ireland: minimum ...

Monthly marathon

01 January 1995 Comments Other Most competitors correctly identified the bird in the seventh photograph in the current Marathon (Brit. Birds 87: plate 126) as an adult male Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope (75%). It was photographed in China in May 1993 by D. C. Jardine. Other ...

News and comment

01 January 1995 Comments News and comment With local government reorganisation in the offing, local, county and regional bird clubs and societies again face the prospect of changes, both minor and major. Every biological group, from fungi, mosses and higher plants to snails, woodlice and mamma...

Announcements

01 January 1995 Comments Editorials Entrants should read the rules carefully (see Brit. Birds 84: 36, or write for a copy). The prizes in 1995 will be as follows: FIRST PRIZE Canon EOS 500 SLR camera with 35-80 zoom lens (RRP £400); SECOND PRIZE Canon Sureshot Z115 compact 35-mm ca...

County, regional and bird observatory recorders

01 January 1995 Comments Editorials The main aim of this list is to encourage observers birdwatching away from their home areas to send records to the relevant county recorder. Several counties are divided into areas for recording purposes, but, to save space, and because we believe it i...

Status of Yellow-legged Gull at Dungeness, Kent

01 January 1995 Comments Main paper ...

Yellow-legged Gulls along the River Thames in Essex