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The status of Lady Amherst's Pheasant in Britain

01 January 2005 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This paper discusses the recent severe decline in the population of Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae in Britain. Possible causes for the decline are outlined, with habitat change, either through human activity or the na...

The birdwatching year 2000

01 December 2001 Comments Main paper This report summarises the major bird movements and influxes of the year 2000, as well as including the rarity highlights. Unless stated otherwise, all the rarity records noted here have been accepted by the British Birds Rarities Committee (see Brit. ...

Red-necked Nightjar Revisited

01 July 1999 Comments Main paper The photograph of a Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis lifting its wings (plate 129) was accidentally omitted from the paper by Peter Lansdown (Brit. Birds 92: 194-196), where it was referred to in the text as `plate 46'. The photograph caption...

The ornithological year 1998 - part one

01 July 1999 Comments Main paper This report summarises the major bird movements and influxes of the more regular species during 1998. Species that are subject to acceptance by the British Birds Rarities Committee are not included here, but will be dealt with in Part 2, which will app...

The Ornithological Year 1997

01 December 1998 Comments Main paper This report summarises the major bird movements and influxes of 1997, as well as including the rarity highlights. All the rarities noted here have been accepted by the British Birds Rarities Committee; reports still under consideration or not yet submi...

The ornithological year 1996

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper ...

The ornithological year 1994

01 October 1995 Comments Main paper This report summarises the major bird movements and influxes of 1994, as well as including the rarity highlights. All the rarities noted here have been accepted by either the British Birds Rarities Committee or the Irish Rare Birds Committee, with...

Product reports

01 April 1993 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies...

American Land birds in Western Europe

01 January 1955 Comments Main paper DURING the past ten years it has become increasingly apparent that the status of American land-bird vagrants in the British Isles would have t o be reconsidered. One of us ( R . S . R . F . ) wrote in 1950 t o t h e B . O . U . List-Committee, which was t...

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The status of Lady Amherst's Pheasant in Britain

The birdwatching year 2000

Red-necked Nightjar Revisited

The ornithological year 1998 - part one

The Ornithological Year 1997

The ornithological year 1996

The ornithological year 1994

Product reports

Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

American Land birds in Western Europe

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