Product reports

01 June 1989
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...
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Marsh Warblers in Britain

01 June 1989
Comments Main paper The breeding range of Marsh Warblers Acrocephalus palustris lies almost entirely within the Western Palearctic, in a belt across Central Europe from the basin of the Kama and Ural Rivers in the east (Dementiev & Gladkov 1968) to the North Sea and t...
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Diary dates

01 June 1989
Comments Editorials Dr Margaret Carswell on 'The Uganda Atlas of Birds'. Central London. Non-members should write (enclosing SAE) at least 21 days before to Hon. Secretary, R. E. F. Peal, 2 Chestnut Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3AR. 27th July RSPB GALA PREMIERE. 'Sw...
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Announcements

01 June 1989
Comments Editorials 'Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland'. This new Poyser book combines and brings up to date Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (1972) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (1976). For the rarest birds, it is based on SB's annual 'Report on rare b...
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Letter

01 June 1989
Comments Letters Black-and-white bird-photographs. While I agree with your distinguished panel (Brit. Birds 81: 505-515) that the standard of black-andwhite printing has generally declined, I cannot accept its diagnosis as to the reasons. My two prints in the 'Best rec...
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Notes

01 June 1989
Comments Notes Dunlin with pale legs. On 31st July 1987, at Welney Washes, Norfolk, I observed, in bright evening sunshine, a feeding Dunlin Calidris alpina which clearly showed pale yellowish/buffy legs. It was an adult moulting out of summer plumage (though st...
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Bird Photograph of the Year

01 June 1989
Comments Main paper We say it every year, but every year it is equally true: the standard of photography just goes on improving. This year, the judges' task was again the hardest ever, with only half a dozen transparencies which could instantly be dismissed as non-contend...
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Mystery photographs

01 June 1989
Comments Main paper The head pattern of this gull shows it to be one of the 'hooded'  gulls in immature or winter plumage. The dark markings are immediately helpful; the combination of the dark ear-covert spot and dark bar running over the crown from the eye is share...
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Ring-billed Gull in Glamorgan

01 December 1973
Comments Main paper At 13.10 hours on 14th March 1973 I scanned a flock of several hundred gulls which were resting on the beach at Blackpill, Swansea Bay, Glamorgan, using a telescope from a range of about 250 metres. The flock, part of a regular high-tide gathering, con...
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