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 May 1990
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 16th March to 5th April 1990. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. American Bittern Botaurus stellaris Ballycotton (Co. Cork), 25th March. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Ballycotton, 16th-17t...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1990
Comments Main paper Th e February photograph (plate 42) was named Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Little Tern S. albifrons Common Tern S. hirundo Arctic Tern S. paradisaea Roseate Tern S. dougallii Lesser Crested Tern S. bengalensis Crested Tern S. bergii,&nbs...
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If the caption fits . . .

01 May 1990
Comments Editorials This Black-headed Gull Lams ridibundus (plate 125, opposite) was photographed in Suffolk in November 1977 by Terry Bond, who suggested that the bird is saying: 'You wouldn't believe how many people identify me as a Laughing Gull!' Can you think of an e...
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News and comment

01 May 1990
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Peter Grant. We greatly regret having to inform BB readers that, only a short time after diagnosis of incurable abdominal cancer, Peter Grant died on 16th April. T...
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Short reviews

01 May 1990
Comments Reviews Hummingbirds. By Andrew Cleave. (Hamlyn, London, 1989. 128 pages. £12.95) Essentially a vehicle for presenting 67 fine hummingbird photographs, nearly half of them of the 16 North American species. The first six of the seven short chapters intraduce s...
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