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The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2007

01 February 2008 Comments British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology announce the winner of the Award for Best Bird Book of the Year. All books reviewed in British Birds or the BTO publications BTO News and Bird Study during the year 2007 were eligible for consideratio...

The Carl Zeiss Award

01 February 2008 Comments Main paper ...

Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland: new to Britain

01 February 2008 Comments ABSTRACT An Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum at Boddam, Shetland, on 16th August 2006 was the first record of this long-distance migrant in Britain and northwest Europe. Identification was initially problematic owing to misconceptions r...

The mysteries of bird migration - still much to be learnt

01 February 2008 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Bird ringing has unveiled many mysteries of avian migrations, notably routes and destinations. However, there is still much to be explored by the use of ringing and other marking techniques. Satellite tracking, geolocation and global positioni...

Diet and prey selection of urban-dwelling Peregrine Falcons in southwest England

01 February 2008 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on city-dwelling Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus in mainland Europe and other parts of the world, little has been undertaken and published in the UK. We analysed the diet of Peregrines in three cities in ...

British Birds – February 2008

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Notes

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Letters

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Monthly marathon

01 December 1986 Comments Other The third photograph (plate 262 in the September issue) was clearly trickier to identify than was either of the first two (Skylark 68% right and Brambling 87% right). Entrants identified it as: Bluethroat Luscinia svecica (45%) Sedge W'arbler Acrocepha...

Corrections

01 December 1986 Comments Editorials Vol 78 Pages 422 PLUMAGE, AGE AND MOULT TERMINOLOGY Plate 200 shows an adult winter (not a first-winter) Dunlin Calidris alpina. 486 PARROT CROSSBILLS IN BRITAIN Line 22: 'Tyne & Wear' should read 'Durham'. 522 RECEN...

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