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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Abstracts

01 August 1941
Comments Reviews Wuczeticz (1939). " Seasonal distribution and migration of ducks (subiam. Anatina) on the base of bird-ringing in the U.S.S.R. III. The Gadwall--Anas strepera L.; the Shoveler--Spatula clypeata (L.) ; the Wigeon--Mar tea penelope (L.)." Moscow (Russian a...
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Notes

01 August 1941
Comments Notes IN 1939, as already recorded in British Birds, Vol. xxxiii, p. 194, a male Hooded Crow (Corvus c. comix) and a female Carrion-Crow (C. c. cowrie) nested in Co. Dublin and successfully reared their young. In 1940, presumably the same pair again nested in ...
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