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 ...
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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...
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Recent Reports

01 January 1979
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers October and the first part of November; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to October. The weather was dominated by anticyclones, especially the Azores anticy...
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News and Comment

01 January 1979
Comments News and comment SOC Conference The Scottish Ornithologists' Club held its thirty-first annual conference at the Marine Hotel, North Berwick, on 27th-29th October 1978. This marked a welcome return to an autumn conference, using the venue which had proved so su...
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Request

01 January 1979
Comments Editorials Mute Swans with yellow collars or yellow rings As part of a study of the population structure and dynamics of wild Mute Swans Cygnus olor in the Outer Hebrides, 385 were caught and marked on the Uists in the first half of August 1978. All the f...
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Announcements

01 January 1979
Comments Editorials Second International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology ICSEB-II will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, during 17th-24th July 1980. Anyone interested in receiving a n information circular in the spri...
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