Recent reports

01 January 1993
Comments Editorials This summary covers the period 13th November 1992 to 3rd January 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Argal Reservoir, Falmouth (Cornwall), from at least 27th November to at least 3r...
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Recent reports

01 August 1970
Comments News and comment These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary covers July 1970 and, unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. Rarities were few, but they included a number of surprising records. Among these were a Black-browed ...
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News and Comments

01 August 1970
Comments News and comment Coastal conservation A national plan for developing stretches of Britain's coastline for recreational and holiday uses, while preserving others, was proposed in two reports published by the Countryside Commission on ist October. One of these reports, enti...
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Letters

01 August 1970
Comments Letters Partridges attacking injured young I was interested in G. V. Geiger's note 'Female House Sparrow attacking fledgling' {Brit. Birds, 62: 447-448). In my shooting days in Huntingdonshire, in the 1920's and 1930's, I witnessed three occurrences when an adult...
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