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May report

01 September 1976 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The weather during May was generally warm with several hot spells, particularly in the second week, and was dominated by winds from a southerly quarter, which encouraged the overshooting of so...

News and Comment

01 September 1976 Comments News and comment Endangered species The expected failure of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Bill to become law in this Parliamentary session (Brit. Birds, 69: 156157) will allow conservationists and Government alike time to consider the reasoning behind passing...

A second Ring-billed Gull in Glamorgan

01 December 1973 Comments Main paper Less than three months after the first recorded British occurrence of the Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis, an adult at Blackpill, Swansea Bay, Glamorgan (Hume 1973), D. W. Evans and I found a first-summer bird of this species at the same locality. ...

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...

Shore Larks summering and possibly breeding in Scotland

01 December 1973 Comments Main paper Shore Larks Eremophila alpestris were seen in the Scottish Highlands in the summers of 1972 and 1973; as far as is known, there are no previous records of summering in Britain. P. J. Coe and P. A. M. Gepp were birdwatching on 6th July 1972 when at abou...