Letters

01 May 1996 Comments Letters In October 'News and comment' (Brit. Birds 88: 489), Shelley Hinsley's letter in the New Scientist about feeding peanuts in the summer was quoted. Readers may feel that this reference indicated the wholesale death of nestling tits Parus nationwide thro...
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Letters

01 February 1981 Comments Letters Bill-base feathering and apparent bill thickness of some waders Many observers have in the past attempted to support the identification of suspected rare species, especially stints and peeps Calidris, by noting the thickness of the base of...
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