Recent reports

01 May 1993
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period15th March to 18th April 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. White-billed Diver Gavin adamsii Filey Bay (North Yorkshire), 21st-26th March; North Mainland (Shetland), 17th-18th Ap...
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Reviews

01 May 1993
Comments Reviews Putting Biodiversity on the Map : priority areas for global conservation. By C. J. Bibby, N. J. Collar, M. J. Crosby, M. F. Heath, Ch. Imboden , T. H. Johnson, A. J. Long, A. J. Stattersfield & S. J. Thirgood. International Council for Bird Pr...
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Waders in Hong Kong

01 May 1993
Comments Main paper Hong Kong lies just within the tropics on the South China coast at longitude 22°20'N and latitude 114°10'E. Its land area is only a little over 1,000 km², yet in Mai Po and Deep Bay, in the northwestern New Territories (plates 58 & 59), it boast...
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News and Comment

01 May 1993
Comments News and comment VISITORS T O ASIA may have been lucky enough to see Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi. Lucky, yes, because the survival of this species is under great threat. Its three known breeding grounds and most of its wintering area lie within China. Saunders's Gu...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1993
Comments Other The winner of the fifth 'Monthly marathon' is Hannu Jännes, who was the only contestant to achieve the 21-in-a-row all-correct sequence shown opposite. Congratulations to Hannu, who can now choose as his reward a SUNBIRD birdwatching holiday in Asia, ...
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Notes

01 May 1993
Comments Notes Common Gull showing characteristics apparently consistent with North American race. The North Norfolk coast is excellent for observing gulls, with strong passages of the commoner species occurring frequently throughout the year. Being gull en...
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Mystery photographs

01 May 1993
Comments Main paper In each of last month's mystery photographs (plates 36 & 37, repeated here), the bulky bird with the white wing-flashes is the same individual. like the author, readers will be relieved to learn that this is the mystery bird, and that they were not...
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Twenty-five years ago...

01 May 1993
Comments Other 'A British Trust for Ornithology scheme to map the distributions of British and Irish breeding birds is outlined in the latest issue of B.T.O. News. The intrinsic interest and long-term values of such an ornithological atlas are obvious; what would we ...
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