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01 March 2011 Comments Letters Hawk Owl in Wiltshire ...

Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010 Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...

The status of Caspian Gull in Malta

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Although gull-watching on Malta has been carried out by the authors for over 20 years, more systematic observations were under- taken during 2001-09. Sessions are held in most months, with more intensive effort from August to April, but especially during ...

DNA analysis of a juvenile Common Snipe on Corvo, Azores

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper The Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago is a rare breeding bird in the Azores archipelago, where breeding occurs in the moist, elevated plains and moors of the islands of SaÃÆo Miguel, Terceira, SaÃÆo Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo. Recent ...

Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...

Notes

01 March 2010 Comments Interactions between breeding Black Swans and Mute Swans in Cheshire & Wirral ...

Letters

01 May 1976 Comments Letters The continuing slaughter of birds of prey in Britain Your recent editorial (Brit. Birds, 68: 481-483) on the World Conference on Birds of Prey, organised by the International Council for Bird Preservation in Vienna in October 1975, stimulates t...

Reviews

01 May 1976 Comments Reviews Flamingos. Edited by Janet Kear and Nicole Duplaix-Hall. T, & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1975. 246 pages; seven colour plates; 48 black-and-white plates; numerous drawings, maps and diagrams, £8.00. In July 1973 an international gathering ...

Notes

01 May 1976 Comments Notes Reactions of Goldeneyes to boating Until 1966 Chasewater (Cannock Reservoir), Staffordshire, held fewer than ten wintering Goldeneyes Bucephala clangula. In subsequent winters higher numbers have been recorded. Although the reasons for this inc...

Breeding biology of Sanderlings in north-east Greenland

01 May 1976 Comments Main paper In the first detailed account of breeding Sanderlings Calidris alba, Manniche (1910) reported that only females incubated and attended the chicks. Other observers did not always agree, because both males and females were shot at the nest and one or two...

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Mike Madders (1957-2009)

The status of Caspian Gull in Malta

DNA analysis of a juvenile Common Snipe on Corvo, Azores

Identification of Caspian Gull

Notes

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Reviews

Notes

Breeding biology of Sanderlings in north-east Greenland

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