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News and comment

01 August 1967 Comments News and comment Wildfowl counts in Northern Ireland.--One of the first tasks to be tackled by the Northern Ireland Ornithologists" Club when it was formed in October 1964 was the planning of a series of wildfowl counts in the Lough Neagh basin, along the lines of those o... Read More

Notes

01 August 1967 Comments Notes Hirundines taking winged insects from the surface of the sea.--With reference to another note of mine on Swallows Hirundo rustica taking winged insects from the surface of the sea off Tresco, Isles of Scilly, in September 1958 {Brit. Birds, 5 3: 200), I s... Read More

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1966

01 August 1967 Comments Main paper T H I S IS THE NINTH annual report of the Rarities Committee and has involved consideration of 356 records for 1966, an increase of 23 on the final total for 1965 and of 70 on that for 1964. The proportion of records accepted was 73%, thus maintaining the... Read More

Review

01 May 1953 Comments Reviews KKVIKW : COUNTY BIKD KEI>OKT. North Staffordshire Field Club, Annual Report, 1951-52. Edited by H. V. Thompson. A short report on birds includes notes on duck on Copmere in 1951. Goosanders were present in some numbers from January to March and from Novem... Read More