Letters

01 November 1999
Comments Letters Tombeur 's note on a pale Great Skua Catharacta skua in Iceland (Brit. Birds 92: 164-165) requires further comment. Judging by the `normal' bird, it looks to me as though the photographs, as well as one of the birds, are also pale. Allowing for this, I...
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Looking back

01 November 1999
Comments Other `There is a point in connection with the song of birds which I have not seen mentioned, although it must have been noticed by many who are interested in ornithology; it is the differences in the note, or rather the tone of the note, of a bird, in diffe...
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Bird Photograph of the Year

01 April 1977
Comments Main paper The 130 entries for the 1976 competition were judged by M. D. England, Eric Hosking, I.J. Ferguson-Lees and Dr J. T. R. Sharrock. The winning photograph, which was the first choice of three of the four judges, and the runners-up were as follows: ...
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