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 September 1996 Comments News and comment Madeira/Cape Verde/Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma madeira/P. feae/P. mollis Galley Head (Co. Cork), 27th July. American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Tresco (Scilly), 5th August. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Breydon Water (Norfolk): ...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1996 Comments Other Plate 144. 'Monthly marathon'. Photo no. 123. Third stage in ninth 'Marathon'. Identify both of the species. Read the rules on page 24 of the January issue and the amendment on page 333 in the July issue, then send in your answer on a postcard to Month...
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Reviews

01 September 1996 Comments Reviews Collins Illustrated Checklist: birds of Eastern Africa. By Ber van Perlo. HarperCollins, London, 1995. 301 pages; 96 colour plates; 1488 distribution maps, ISBN 0-00219937-8. £14.99. Ber van Perlo is to be congratulated on this brilliant guide. T...
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Mystery photographs

01 September 1996 Comments Main paper Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus is a rare visitor to Britain and Ireland which has become even rarer in recent years. A total of 47 was recorded here up to the end of 1957, 67 during 1958-83 and just 14 from 1984 to the end of 1994. An indi...
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News and comment

01 September 1996 Comments News and comment Perhaps as much as 40% of all British reedbeds has been lost in the last 50 years, and the quality of the remaining 60% has declined dramatically. One clear result of this is the Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris population declining to a mere 20 b...
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