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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Recent reports

01 March 1992 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 17th January to 14th February 1992 Thes e are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Egret Egretta garzetla At least 40 in Britain (about 25 in Cornwall and Devon and one in Scotland), and at least t...
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News and comment

01 March 1992 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Emergency Zones in Peru. In the light of recent killings of British birdwatchers in Peru (Brit. Birds 83: 515, 567; 84: 239), it should be noted that there ar...
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Notes

01 March 1992 Comments Notes Roosting Hen Harrier killed by fox. On the morning of 14th December 1985, while collecting pellets at a communal roost site of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus on Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, I discovered a quantity of grey and white harrier f...
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Announcements

01 March 1992 Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop. The following books have been added to the list this month: Simms: British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails. Smith: Alfred Russel Wallace.Trodd & Kramer: The Birds of Bedfordshire. For all your book orders, please use the ...
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Requests

01 March 1992 Comments Editorials Scarce migrant records To ensure that accurate and comprehensive accounts of scarce migrants and other rarities can be prepared, detailed records of the following species are requested:  inland Black-throated Gavia arctica and Great Northe...
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