Notes

01 August 1990
Comments Notes Oystercatchers incubating on closely adjacent nests. In early spring 1987, in a quiet corner of Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, soil, sand and chippings were dumped and then levelled. Later, the area became partly covered by vegetation and up to five Oy...
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Mystery photographs

01 August 1990
Comments Main paper Perched conspicuously on a prominent vantage point, this mystery bird shows a fairly substantial bill, relatively long tail and black mask, a combination which quickly shows it to be one of the shrikes Lanius. The blackness of the wings and '...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1990
Comments Other 'LAND-RAILS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. I am pleased to report that the Land-Rail (Crex crex) turned up this year in quite average numbers in the district of Cheadle, Staffordshire . . . This very dry season is bringing on a very early hay harvest, and this...
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Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990
Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies...
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Reviews

01 September 1983
Comments Reviews British Garden Birds. Video-cassette presented by David Attenborough. BBC Enterprises Ltd, 1981. Duration 72 minutes. The idea of having a simple identification guide to British garden birds which can be viewed at home on the television screen ...
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Short reviews

01 September 1983
Comments Reviews Looking After Cage Birds: keep and care. By David Alderton. (Ward Lock, 1982. £6.95) E.g. budgies. Birds of Britain and Europe. By Neil Ardley. (Kingfisher Books, 1983. Paperback, £1.95) Oh dear! When will Kingfisher Books learn? The illustrations ha...
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Recent reports

01 September 1983
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records  Dates given in this report refer to June unless stated differently. The weather during the first half of the month was unsettled and cold, with frequent rain: the air originat...
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News and comment

01 September 1983
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'   Donana developments The Marismas of the Guadalquivir is one of Europe's greatest wetlands, familiar to British ornithologists through Guy Mountf...
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Announcements

01 September 1983
Comments Editorials 'The Big Bird Race' You heard about it on the grapevine, you read about it in the newspapers, you saw last year's one on television, now you can buy the book! The accounts of the 'Country Life' versus Fauna & Flora Preservation Society 24-h...
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