Seventy-five years ago

01 March 1988
Comments Other 'For a considerable time past there has been a general impression that some of our summer migrants have been decreasing in numbers, and that in some districts certain species which were common a few years ago are becoming less common every vear.' (Brit. B...
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Announcements

01 March 1988
Comments Editorials Young Ornithologists of the Year Once again, British Birds was the sponsor of this annual competition, which is run by the Young Ornithologists' Club, the junior section of the RSPB. The general standard of entries in the intermediate age-group and, espec...
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Mystery photographs

01 March 1988
Comments Main paper O f | The bird shown in plates 38 and 69 immediately suggests a ^ %J lark or bunting: short conical bill, streaked upperparts and general stubby appearance. The long tertials cloak the primaries, indicating that it is a pipit or a bunting. The open, sandy...
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Recent reports

01 February 1988
Comments News and comment Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Kenfig Pool (Mid Glamorgan), throughout. Lesser White-fronted G o o s e Anser erythropus Slimbridge (Gloucestershire), from 10th. Red-breasted G o o s e Branla ruficollis Blakeney (Norfolk), throughout. Ring-necked Du...
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Monthly marathon

01 February 1988
Comments Other ovember's wader photograph (Brit. Birds 80: 594, plate 302) was obviously far too easy to identify: Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca (74%) Lesser Yellowlegs T.flavipes (11%) Redshank T. totanus (8%) Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (3%) Spotted Red...
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Monthly reports: October reports

01 February 1988
Comments News and comment In the first week, an anticyclone stayed close by over the Continent, bringing warm east to southeast winds. As the centre of pressure moved eastwards, the weather became cyclonic, and wet westerlies arrived on 7th. A series of weather fronts trailed acro...
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News and Comment

01 February 1988
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' LIPU Giovani With the aid of a grant of £20,000 from the RSPB Chelmsford Members' Group, the Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU, the Italian equivalent of the RSPB) ...
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Reviews

01 February 1988
Comments Reviews T h i s book is a guide to the birds and their habitats of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex a n d C a m b r i d g e s h i r e . P e t e r a n d M a r g a r e t Clarke have c o m b i n e d their own extensive knowledge, gained from a lifetime's bird...
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