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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Robin recaptures on Fair Isle

01 June 1962
Comments Main paper O N F A I R ISLE, Shetland, it is the normal practice to weigh all migrant birds at the time they are first trapped, and at any subsequent recaptures. The information is stored in a card-index, with all the data for each individual on a single card. In th...
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Albinism and melanism in birds

01 June 1962
Comments Main paper T H E STUDY OF heterochtosis or colour variations in the plumage of birds is a subject that the majority of field ornithologists either ignore entirely or regard with only mild curiosity. In the early years of the present century and before that, however,...
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Letters

01 June 1962
Comments Letters Black-headed Gtills eating acorns Sirs,--With reference to earlier notes on the subject of Black-headed Gulls (Lams ridibundus) eating acorns (Brit. Birds, 50: 75 and 347; 54: 118 and 130-131), I should like to point out that the late Humphrey Swann recor...
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