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Monthly marathon

01 November 1996 Comments Other The farther of the two birds in plate 144 was named as American Coot Fulica americana (80%), Red-knobbed (exCrested) Coot F. cristata (10%), Common Coot F. atra (7%) and Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (3%), and the nearer as Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisege...

Recent reports

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment Great Snipe Gallinago media At least 11 up to 1st October, including three on Fair Isle (Shetland) on 20th September. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Dumbarton (Strathclyde), 22nd-30th September. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Landguard (Suffolk), 2nd a...

News and comment

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment When the latest issue of your favourite magazine arrives through the letter box, do you open it and promptly shake it over the litter bin? All those inserts are presumably disposed of immediately in countless households, at least judging by the comment...

Looking Back

01 November 1996 Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'Nansen's Discovery of the Breeding Habits of Ross's Gull. The "Daily Chronicle" during the past few days has given us the first connected narrative from the pen of the "Hero of the "White North". This account of the greatest adv...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1995

01 November 1996 Comments Main paper After another year of excellent co-operation with many people, the British Birds Rarities Committee presents a comprehensive Report. The BBRC may be perceived as isolated and remote, but it is part of a network involving individual observers, county re...

Product reports

01 June 1989 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

Marsh Warblers in Britain

01 June 1989 Comments Main paper The breeding range of Marsh Warblers Acrocephalus palustris lies almost entirely within the Western Palearctic, in a belt across Central Europe from the basin of the Kama and Ural Rivers in the east (Dementiev & Gladkov 1968) to the North Sea and t...

Diary dates

01 June 1989 Comments Editorials Dr Margaret Carswell on 'The Uganda Atlas of Birds'. Central London. Non-members should write (enclosing SAE) at least 21 days before to Hon. Secretary, R. E. F. Peal, 2 Chestnut Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3AR. 27th July RSPB GALA PREMIERE. 'Sw...

Announcements

01 June 1989 Comments Editorials 'Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland'. This new Poyser book combines and brings up to date Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (1972) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (1976). For the rarest birds, it is based on SB's annual 'Report on rare b...

Letter

01 June 1989 Comments Letters Black-and-white bird-photographs. While I agree with your distinguished panel (Brit. Birds 81: 505-515) that the standard of black-andwhite printing has generally declined, I cannot accept its diagnosis as to the reasons. My two prints in the 'Best rec...

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