Notes

01 August 1990
Comments Notes Oystercatchers incubating on closely adjacent nests. In early spring 1987, in a quiet corner of Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, soil, sand and chippings were dumped and then levelled. Later, the area became partly covered by vegetation and up to five Oy...
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Mystery photographs

01 August 1990
Comments Main paper Perched conspicuously on a prominent vantage point, this mystery bird shows a fairly substantial bill, relatively long tail and black mask, a combination which quickly shows it to be one of the shrikes Lanius. The blackness of the wings and '...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1990
Comments Other 'LAND-RAILS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. I am pleased to report that the Land-Rail (Crex crex) turned up this year in quite average numbers in the district of Cheadle, Staffordshire . . . This very dry season is bringing on a very early hay harvest, and this...
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Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990
Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies...
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Recent Reports

01 May 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to February unless stated otherwise. The month began with unsettled westerly weather, and very strong westerlies on 5thand 6th. Thereafter, pressure i...
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News and comment

01 May 1984
Comments News and comment Bird Atlas for Europe. Spring 1985 will see the start of fieldwork for the European Breeding Bird Atlas, which aims to map the distribution of all of Europe's breeding birds, using a 50kmX50km grid, over as much as possible of Europe. The project is sc...
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Requests

01 May 1984
Comments Editorials All-Ireland tern survey A survey of the breeding terns Sterna in Ireland during 1984 is being organised by the RSPB and the Irish Wildbird Conservancy in conjunction with the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) and the Department of Fisher...
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Announcements

01 May 1984
Comments Editorials Big savings for North American subscribers. We hope that you have noted, for your own benefit, that we can now accept payment in US dollars. Please help us by drawing this to the attention of any of your birding friends whom you think might be ...
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Letters

01 May 1984
Comments Letters Recording and use of observations made abroad. With interest and participation in foreign tours, informal overseas birdwatching trips and the like growing year by year, I wonder if I might make a plea for more informed note-taking by those visiting orn...
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