Monthly Marathon

01 January 1996
Comments Other The answers sent in for the first three hurdles can now be revealed. September's dozing wader (Brit. Birds 88: plate 126) was named as White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (36%), Western Sandpiper C. mauri (24%), Little Stint C. minuta (23%), Se...
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Recent reports

01 January 1996
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 13th November to 17th December 1995. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Immature, perhaps first-winter...
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News And Comment

01 January 1996
Comments News and comment After being held hostage for nearly four months by the guerilla group La Cordinadora de la Guerilla 'Simon Bolivar', BB subscriber Timothy Cowley was rescued on 8th December by a special antikidnapping unit of the Colombian police. Welcome back Tim! Ev...
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Announcements

01 January 1996
Comments Editorials We are delighted to announce that in 1996 this annual competition will once again be sponsored by Canon (UK) Ltd. Entrants should read the rules carefully (see Brit. Birds 84: 36, or write for a copy). The prizes in 1996 will be as follows: FIRST PRIZE...
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European News

01 January 1996
Comments Main paper All records have been accepted by the relevant national rarities committee, unless marked by an asterisk(*). Records are included only if they have been sent by the official national representative, each of whom is listed at the end of this report...
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Looking Back

01 January 1996
Comments Other Twenty-five years ago, January 1971 was generally mild after the first week. Numbers of Tundra (Bewick's) Swans Cygnus columbianus topped the 1,000 mark for the first time on the Ouse Washes, About 60 Glaucous Gulls Larus hyperboreus, but barely a doze...
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