Notes

01 May 1989
Comments Notes Cable-roosting by Cormorants. On 29th March 1986, at the Cottam power station, on the River Trent, Nottinghamshire, I saw approximately 25 Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo fishing, or perching on a washed-up tree. Whenever a boat approached, th...
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Namaqua Doves breeding in Israel

01 May 1989
Comments Main paper The Namaqua Dove Oena capensis is found in south and east Africa, on Madagascar and in Saudi Arabia, ranging up to 20°N. According to Cramp (1985), the Namaqua Dove breeds within the West Palearctic only in the extreme south of Algeria, with vagrants ...
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Mystery photographs

01 May 1989
Comments Main paper The bird depicted last month (plate 121, repeated here) is clearly a pipit Anthus, but which one? In the absence of essential information, such as size, call and location, it is necessary to evaluate all available structural and plumage detail. The&nbs...
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Request

01 May 1989
Comments Editorials Transparencies of 1988 rarities. Anyone with high-quality colour transparencies of a 1988 rarity is asked to loan the originals to us for possible use (perhaps in colour) in the next rarities report. To be considered, transparencies must arrive with Dr...
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Announcements

01 May 1989
Comments Editorials XX IOC Final Notice: the 20th International Ornithological Congress will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand, during 2nd-9th December 1990. The Congress programme will include seven plenary lectures, 48 symposia, contributed papers (spoken and post...
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Letters

01 May 1989
Comments Letters The separation of Northern and Isabelline Wheatears. On returning to the beautifully illustrated paper 'Field identification of West Palearctic wheatears' (Brit. Birds 80: 137-157, 187-238), I noticed a feature separating Isabelline Oenanthe isabellina...
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Recent reports

01 May 1989
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 11th March to 14th April 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Rhymney River Estuary (South Glamorgan), 15th March to at least 9th April. Sabine...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1989
Comments Other The sixth puzzle picture (Brit. Birds 81: plate 18) was clearly far too easy: 98% of entrants correctly identified it as a Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps, the remaining 2% all misnaming it as Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. T h e seven...
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Monthly reports: December 1988

01 May 1989
Comments News and comment An anticyclone developed quickly over Scandinavia on 1st, bringing chill easterly air, only to be replaced by cold northerlies on 5th, as another anticyclone took control from the west. The centre of high pressure subsequently moved south, but remained...
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