Letters

01 November 1999
Comments Letters Tombeur 's note on a pale Great Skua Catharacta skua in Iceland (Brit. Birds 92: 164-165) requires further comment. Judging by the `normal' bird, it looks to me as though the photographs, as well as one of the birds, are also pale. Allowing for this, I...
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Looking back

01 November 1999
Comments Other `There is a point in connection with the song of birds which I have not seen mentioned, although it must have been noticed by many who are interested in ornithology; it is the differences in the note, or rather the tone of the note, of a bird, in diffe...
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Recent Reports

01 January 1977
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records  This report covers October and the first part of November. Except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to October. The special location of the British Isles in the northern...
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News and Comment

01 January 1977
Comments News and comment 'Just a few duck and God knows what else' So said a Shetland Islands councillor about one of Shetland's best known wetlands. Indeed, the latest threat to Shetland's birdlife comes not from oil, but from the bulk of the island's councillors. Des...
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Diary dates

01 January 1977
Comments Editorials As a service to subscribers and to national and regional societies, we shall henceforth be listing the major meetings and conferences at six-monthly intervals. This first list covers those events that have been notified to us as taking place during Jan...
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Reviews

01 January 1977
Comments Reviews Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland. By J. T. R. Sharrock and E. M. Sharrock. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1976. 336 pages; 221 vignettes; many maps and diagrams. £6.00. This is a companion book to Dr J. T. R. Sharrock's Scarce Migrant Bi...
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Notes

01 January 1977
Comments Notes Behaviour of Manx Shearwaters Previous letters on the behaviour of the Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus (Brit. Birds 67: 77; 68: 119-120) prompt me to record an incident that I witnessed on 15th June 1974 off Fetlar, Shetland, At about 00.30 h...
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