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Pollutants in Merlin eggs and their effects on breeding

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper In view of the declining status of the Merlin Falco columbarius in Britain (Bibby & Nattrass 1986; Newton et al. 1986), we have continued to analyse unhatched eggs for pollutant residues. The findings from eggs collected to 1980 were given in ...

The World's first known juvenile Cox's Sandpiper

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper For once, the North Americans have beaten the British by being first to find a spectacular vagrant Asiatic shorebird away from the Alaskan out-islands. This time we outdid everyone, producing a juvenile Cox's Sandpiper Calidris paramelanotos in Ma...

Diary dates

01 June 1988 Comments Editorials This list covers July 1988 to June 1989.0 9th July ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AGM. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London. Details from the Secretary, OSME, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SGI9 2DI.....

Notes

01 June 1988 Comments Notes The Exe Estuary egret of August 1985. On 21st August 1985, we discovered an egret Egretta at the Exe Estuary, Devon. It was a small, wholly white egret with no noticeable plumes. Compared with (memories of) a Little Egret E. garzetta, it appeared to be...

Mystery photographs

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper This raptor is easily identified as a harrier Circus by its long tail and its wing attitude. The dark hood and whitish underwing-coverts suggest that it is an adult male. The pattern of the flight feathers, however, is unlike that of any of the four we...

Product reports

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

Urban Merlins in Canada

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Recent concern over the plight of the Merlin Falco columbarius in Britain (Bibby & Nattrass 1986) prompted me to write this short report on the Merlin's current status in Canada, where some interesting developments have recently occurred. Four subs...

Habitat preferences and preyof Merlins in winter

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Sexual dimorphism in size of adult Merlins Falco columbarius is marked, the blue-mantled males weighing about 24-30% less than the brown females (Cramp & Simmons 1980; Dr C.J. Bibby in lift.). First-years of both sexes are brown, like adult females...

News and comment

01 November 1965 Comments News and comment More news of contamination by toxic chemicals.--The Fifth Report of the Joint Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on Toxic Chemicals, published in September, shows that in the chemical analysis ...

Requests for information

01 November 1965 Comments Editorials Irruption of Waxwings.--Waxwings Bombycilk garrulus began to appear on the east coast of Britain about 14th October 1965, and on the 17th there were 30 on Fair Isle (Shetland). On the 19th 300 were seen at Holkham (Norfolk) and between then and the end of...

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