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Adult ‘American Black Tern’ summering in Northumberland

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Probable Black Tern x White-winged Black Tern hybrid

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Carrion Crows killing juvenile Black-headed Gull

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01 January 2011 Comments Notes In mid November 2009, an unfamiliar marsh tern appeared at Al Wathba Lake, some 40 km east of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Among some 40 Whiskered Chlidonias hybrida and two White-winged Black Terns C. leucopterus, it was distinctly darker and appeared superfi- cially...

American Black Tern at Weston-super-Mare: new to Britain

01 September 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A juvenile Black Tern Chlidonias niger of the American race surinamensis was found at Weston-super-Mare Water Treatment Works on 3rd October 1999, where it remained until 11th October.This represents the first record of this ...

Monthly marathon

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Announcement

01 October 2001 Comments Editorials Thanks to the generosity of well-known artist and staunch BB-supporter Ian Wallace, BB is delighted to offer its subscribers the opportunity to purchase this fantastic DIMW original, featuring European Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and No...

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01 September 2001 Comments Notes It is well known that a staple component in the diet of European Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus is social wasps (Vespidae), in particular their pupae and larvae... ...

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Roof assemblies of lapwings and plovers in Britain

01 January 2001 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The use of the large roof areas of commercial and industrial premises for daytime roosting by Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus and European Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria is a relatively new phenomenon, confined mostly...