July reports

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records A Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris was present in the gannetry on Herrnaness, Unst (Shetland), throughout the summer. Following the June report of a Fulmar Fulmarus glaci...
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News and comment

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment Growth of the British and Irish list The number of full species admitted to the British and Irish list during the 17 decades which have elapsed since 1800 has varied from as few as four to as many as 27 per decade, the average being 13; Kenneth...
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Notes

01 October 1974
Comments Notes Egg-laying by the Great Crested Grebe Although the behaviour of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus has been intensively studied, many questions are still open. One such question is how Great Crested Grebes lay their eggs, and whether they exhibit ...
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Report on bird-ringing for 1969

01 April 1971
Comments Main paper Although scarcely a year has passed without the introduction of some new feature or embellishment, the basic composition of the 'Report on bird-ringing' has remained unchanged for about 15 years. It has indeed grown in size from some 36 to 48 or more page...
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News and comment

01 April 1971
Comments News and comment enquiries into churchyard birds . . . Churchyards are small in extent, but there are many of them and they are widely dispersed. They constitute a distinctive type of habitat, being islands of well-spaced trees and shrubs (mainly coniferous) that general...
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Letters

01 April 1971
Comments Letters Further notes on Nutcracker In 1968 and 1969 In my paper on the invasion of Nutcrackers Nmfrttga catyecatactes in autumn 1968 (Brit. Birds, 63: $53-373), I inadvertently omitted a reference to Norway from the brief national summaries of the situation in c...
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