Reviews

01 February 1986 Comments Reviews Gulls and Plovers: the ecology and behaviour of mixed-species feeding groups. By C. J. Barnard and D. B. A. Thompson. Croom Helm, London, 1985. 302 pages; 14 black-and-white plates; 10 line-drawings. £25.00.This book--the first of Croom Helm's project...
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Recent reports

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records.0 The dates in this report refer to November 1985 unless otherwise stated. Weather and seabird movements The cold airstream coming from the north at the end of October which introdu...
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News and Comments

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Sweden's woodpeckers and Cormorants Two of Sweden's rarer breeding species, the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos and the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo&...
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Letters

01 January 1947 Comments Letters SIRS.--dingers who t r a p adult or first-winter Starlings during January t o March would serve a very useful purpose by noting whether t h e eye is entirely dark or has a narrow light ring, and t h e « x t e n t t o which t h e bill has begun t o turn...
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Reviews

01 January 1947 Comments Reviews The Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist: Notes on the Local Fauna and Flora for 1945. By N. F . Ticehurst (Recorder). T H I S interesting area again produces a number of noteworthy records. The chief ornithological event mentioned is the breeding of Black...
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