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Recent reports - May

01 August 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records May was a month of unsettled weather, generally warm in most parts of Britain but with above average rainfall in some places. The presence during the first week of an area of high pressure ...

Notes

01 August 1973 Comments Notes Death of Great Crested Grebe in unusual circumstances On 26th June 1971, at Rostherne Mere National Nature Reserve, Cheshire, I observed a pair of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus in what appeared to be normal courtship display. One part...

Predation of migrant birds by gulls

01 August 1973 Comments Main paper Gulls Larus have a very diverse feeding ecology, but vertebrates form a significant part of the diet of some species (Tinbergen 1953). They are well known for their depredations on the eggs and young of colonial seabirds; they also attack and kill inju...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1972

01 August 1973 Comments Main paper This is the fifteenth annual report of the Rarities Committee. The composition of the committee is now D. I. M. Wallace (chairman), F. R. Smith (honorary secretary), D. G. Bell, A. R. M. Blake, P. E. Davis, R. H. Dennis, P.J. Grant, R.J.Johns, R. A. Ri...

Current developments in the work of the Rarities Committee

01 August 1973 Comments Main paper During 1972, and more particularly at its annual meeting in March 1973, the Rarities Committee has reviewed many points of policy and practice. Conscious of the criticism that it periodically attracts, it remains anxious to conduct its work as openly a...

Reviews

01 September 1969 Comments Reviews Handbuch der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Vols 2 and 3. Anseriformes. Edited by K. M. Bauer and U. N. Glutz von Blotzheim. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main. Vol 2 (1968): 535 P a g es > 5 colour plates; 76 text-figures and maps. Vol 5 (1969): 50...

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01 September 1969 Comments Notes Fish jumping into Heron's mouth On 16th August 1969, at Talybont Reservoir, Breconshire, we saw a Heron Ardea cinerea standing on the edge of a small concrete 'waterfall' about two feet high; it was leaning forward in such a manner that its open bill was ...

Studies of less familiar birds: 155. Little Stint

01 September 1969 Comments Main paper Plates ]j-6o The Little Stint Calidris minuta is regular on passage in Britain and Ireland, chiefly in autumn (late July to mid-October) but also in small numbers in spring (mid-April to early June). In some autumns it is abundant, with flocks running int...

The Hastings Rarities again

01 September 1969 Comments Main paper It was only to be expected that the searching review of the Hastings Rarities in August 1962 (Nelder 1962, Nicholson and Ferguson-Lees 1962) would, in certain circles, cause considerable distress and a desire to rebut, if possible, the arguments which led...

Status and breeding success of Golden Eagles in north-west Sutherland in 1967

01 September 1969 Comments Main paper In recent years the status of the Golden Eagle Aquila chrjsaetos in Scotland has been the subject of concern. Lockie and Ratcliffe (1964) found that the breeding success in Wester Ross fell from about 70% of pairs in 1937-60 to about 30% in 1960-63. At th...

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Recent reports - May

Notes

Predation of migrant birds by gulls

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1972

Current developments in the work of the Rarities Committee

Reviews

Notes

Studies of less familiar birds: 155. Little Stint

The Hastings Rarities again

Status and breeding success of Golden Eagles in north-west Sutherland in 1967

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