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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...

Birds in Ireland during 1970-74

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper This is the fourth in an irregular series of summaries of observations of Irish birds. The previous three (Andrew 1964, Wallace 1967, Flegg 1971) have set the pattern which this one follows though with two variations. As foreshadowed by Flegg, records ...

A census of the Gannet nests on Grassholm in 1975

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper The history of the increase in the number of nests comprising the colony of Gannets Sula bassana on Grassholm is well documented, with records of periodic counts between 1860 and 1969. This short paper gives details of the 1975 count, the method used a...

Raptor migration across the Strait of Gibraltar

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper The concentrations of large soaring birds at short sea crossings when on migration have long been recognised as being among the most spectacular ornithological phenomena. These birds rely to a large extent on upcurrents, either thermal or relief-induce...

Reviews

01 March 1976 Comments Reviews Ducks of Britain and Europe. By M. A. Ogilvie. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1975. 206 pages; 15 pages of colour illustrations; numerous line drawings and maps. £5.00. For many ornithologists, and all wildfowlers, ducks have a special fa...

Notes

01 March 1976 Comments Notes Feeding behaviour of Buffleheads From late December 1973 to early February 1974, in Florida, USA, I found small parties of Buffleheads Bucephala albeola in markedly different habitats. In the Gulf of Mexico, in deep water, they actively and com...

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