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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 ...

Recent reports

01 September 1995 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 10th July to 13th A u g u s t 1995. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Fetlar (Shetland), 17th-24th July. ...

Monthly marathon

01 September 1995 Comments Other We greatly regret that the closing dates for the last two hurdles (plates 97 and 111) were given incorrectly as 15th July and 15th August, instead of 15th August and 15th September, respectively. We are, therefore, extending the deadline for receipt of...

News and comment

01 September 1995 Comments News and comment It is not often that the members of the 'N & c' team take the unusual step of giving themselves a pat on the back. Just occasionally we feel we deserve it. Under the heading 'Chemicals and the environment' (Brit. Birds 88: 247), we expressed the op...

From the rarities committee's files. Lanceolated Warbler in Norfolk, Lanceolated Warbler in Shetland

01 September 1995 Comments Main paper Two reports, selected for this feature as examples of high-quality submissions, coincidentally concerned the same species: Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata. One relates primarily to in-the-hand examination and the other to field observations. ...

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