Recent Reports

01 June 1991
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 12th April to 9th May 1991 (February to 9th May for common migrants; first date listed is date of first report). These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Black Stork Ciconia nigra Sko...
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Monthly marathon

01 June 1991
Comments Other When Steve Young supplied the transparency of the wader featured as the sixth stage in this 'Marathon' (plate 7), the competition's compiler queried the photographer's identification, since the bird was 'obviously' a Little Stint Calidris minuta and no...
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News and Comment

01 June 1991
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Timothy Andrews and Michael Entwistle. With great regret, we must report that news from Peru has confirmed that both birders were killed (see previous reports, Bri...
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Announcements

01 June 1991
Comments Editorials Young Ornithologists of the Year. As in other recent years, entrants had to submit their field notebooks for the judges' perusal. The winners and runners-up in the 1990 competition, organised as usual by the Young Ornithologists' Club and sponsored by ...
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European news

01 June 1991
Comments Main paper This twenty-ninth report includes records from 25 countries. We are pleased to be able to draw attention to the addition of Lithuania to the list of countries represented. New contacts in unrepresented West Palearctic countries will be very welcome. Th...
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Letters

01 June 1991
Comments Letters Keeping warm. In his useful 'Birdcraft' article on clothing for birdwatchers (Brit. Birds 84: 27-30), Dr M. A. Ogilvie could have given one more useful tip of which a surprisingly large number of birdwatchers are apparently unaware. Most farmworkers, e...
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