Notes

01 September 1997
Comments Notes The 'Notes' section of British Birds has a history as long as that of the journal itself, providing the opportunity for mostly amateur birdwatchers--as well as the professionals--to record their observations for posterity. For many, this will be the fi...
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Mystery Photographs

01 September 1997
Comments Main paper Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria, the North American counterpart of the familiar Green Sandpiper T. ochropus, is a rare transatlantic visitor to Europe, where the majority have been in Britain & Ireland (29 individuals up to the end of 1995...
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Recent reports

01 July 1973
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary is concerned with March and April, with a separate analysis of arrivals of some commoner migrants and summer visitors. The first week of March was wet generally, but from about...
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News and comment

01 July 1973
Comments News and comment A.O.U. bird name changes The Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' Union assumes one function that its British counterpart does not--namely, the determination of official vernacular names. In the...
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Reviews

01 July 1973
Comments Reviews The Naturalist in the Isle of Man. By Larch S. Garrad. David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972.234 pages; 29 photographs; 12 maps. £3.75. To one whose earlier and more leisurely days were spent dabbling in Manx natural history and folk-culture, ...
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