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13 March 2014 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The previous summary {Brit. Birds, 65: 267-268) covered most of the rarities and scarce migrants in March. Here we deal with the departure of certain winter visitors and the arrival of spring ...

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13 March 2014 Comments News and comment Wildfowl Trust expansion The Wildfowl Trust has announced plans for a major refuge and waterfowl collection in Lancashire. The chosen site is that of the former Martin Mere, between Southport and Burscough Bridge, which was drained for agriculture in the ...

Letters

13 March 2014 Comments Letters Danish White Storks in south-west England I was very interested in J. B. Bottomley's article on the wanderings of three young White Storks Ciconia ciconia from FrÃËstrup, Denmark, in September 1971 (Brit. Birds, 65: 4-5, plates 1-3). During the summ...

Notes

13 March 2014 Comments Notes Moorhen completely submerging for more than a minute On 16 th January 1972 James Parkin and I were walking along the bank of the River Eden near Musgrave, Westmorland, when we saw a Moorhen Gallinula chloropus disappear into a pool about 2 5 metres away. ...

Succession in breeding bird populations of sample Welsh oakwoods

13 March 2014 Comments Main paper Oakwoods in western Wales have long been regarded as the seminatural remnants of the region's climax vegetation, and several of the less fragmented examples have been acquired by various conservation bodies for management as nature reserves. The botany of...

Field identification of Richard's and Tawny Pipits

13 March 2014 Comments Main paper Plate 48b The publication in 1963 of a paper concerned mainly with the identification of Richard's Pipits Anthus novaeseelandiae and Tawny Pipits A. campestris (Williamson 1963) was prompted by the number of reports being received by the Rarities Committe...

Bird deaths from power lines at Dungeness

13 March 2014 Comments Main paper It has long been recognised that birds are killed or injured by flying into overhead wires, but the problem has received little in the way of detailed investigation. Although birds strike telephone wires, this paper is largely concerned with electrical tr...

Notes

01 December 1989 Comments Notes Distinguishing characters of American/East Asian race of Common Scoter. The Common Scoter Melanitta nigra has an Holarctic distribution, and has been divided into two races on the basis of differences in bill pattern and bill shape. The nominat...

Monthly marathon

01 December 1989 Comments Other The bird in plate 285 was named as: Skylark Alauda arvensis (72%) Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra (7%) Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens (6%) Bimaculated Lark M. bimaculata (5%) Short-toed Lark C. brachydactyla (4%) Woodlark Lullula arb...

Diary dates

01 December 1989 Comments Editorials 5th-7th January BTO RINGING AND MIGRATION CONFERENCE. Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire. Details from Chris Mead, BTO, Beech Grove, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5NR 16th January BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' Cl.UB. Jeffery Boswall. Film 'Mov...

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Recent reports

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Notes

Succession in breeding bird populations of sample Welsh oakwoods

Field identification of Richard's and Tawny Pipits

Bird deaths from power lines at Dungeness

Notes

Monthly marathon

Diary dates

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