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01 September 1997 Comments Notes The 'Notes' section of British Birds has a history as long as that of the journal itself, providing the opportunity for mostly amateur birdwatchers--as well as the professionals--to record their observations for posterity. For many, this will be the fi...

Mystery Photographs

01 September 1997 Comments Main paper Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria, the North American counterpart of the familiar Green Sandpiper T. ochropus, is a rare transatlantic visitor to Europe, where the majority have been in Britain & Ireland (29 individuals up to the end of 1995...

Rare breeding birds panel

01 September 1997 Comments Main paper ...

Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain

01 September 1997 Comments Main paper ...

Letters

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The Black-tailed Godwit in the British Isles, 1890-1937

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper IT has been known for some years that the Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) was occurring in the British Isles more often and in larger parties than formerly. At the suggestion of Dr. N. F. Ticehurst, and with his constant help, an attempt has been made...

Observation on Sand-Martins at the Nest

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper in the Sand-Martin (Riparia r. riparia) is said to be " by both sexes but positive data scanty" (F. C. R. Jourdain, 1938)* ; males had been found on eggs by Stoner {1936), but the nature of their participation in the brooding was not ascertained. We had a...

The Destruction of Buds of Trees and Shrubs by Birds

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper (Plate 2.) THE destruction of the buds of trees and shrubs by birds during late autumn, winter and spring, is a perennial source of complaint by fruit-powers and gardeners, but it has never received the attention from the ornithological point of view tha...

Letters

01 September 1939 Comments Letters SIRS,--In "Some Notes on t h e Diurnal Song of Birds " (antea, p . 4) Mr. Marples states t h a t on t h e average t h e Blackbird, a t Inverness, begins t o sing in the morning 74 minutes earlier than Blackbirds do i n Hampshire, t h a t is, after correct...

Notes

01 September 1939 Comments Notes PROOF of the sex of the bird choosing the nesting-site is generally so difficult to obtain that it seems worth while to record some evidence in the case of a House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) in my garden in the spring of 1939. Early in March I notice...

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Mystery Photographs

Rare breeding birds panel

Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain

Letters

The Black-tailed Godwit in the British Isles, 1890-1937

Observation on Sand-Martins at the Nest

The Destruction of Buds of Trees and Shrubs by Birds

Letters

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