Notes

01 June 2007 Comments Notes Slavonian Grebe breeding with Great Crested Grebe Puffin with exceptionally heavy tick infestation Eurasian Sparrowhawk attacking Soprano Pipistrelle bat Reed Warbler apparently using willow-bark pieces in nest construction ...
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Recent reports

01 July 1999 Comments News and comment Wall Nature Reserve (Kent), 28th May. Lesser Scaup A. affinis Vane Farm RSPB (Tayside), 10th-12th May; Balgray Reservoir (Strathclyde), 29th May to 4th June; Saltholme Pools (Cleveland), 6th June. Great Snipe Gallinago media North Ronaldsay (Orkney), 1...
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Monthly marathon

01 July 1999 Comments Other We can, however, see the central tail feathers, which seem to be dark well down towards the base. We can also just discern the outer edge of the outer tail feather, which provides a hint of a clear-cut dark tip. Tail patterns are, however, never very o...
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News and Comment

01 July 1999 Comments News and comment There can be few British birders who have been birdwatching in the Mediterranean region who have not visited at least one set of saltpans ­ be they on the coast of Tunisia, Spain or France. Over the years, there have been some spectacular records for ...
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Rarities Committee Announcement

01 July 1999 Comments News and comment The annual meeting of the British Birds Rarities Committee was held at Blunham on 10th April 1999. The Secretary, Chairman and members were joined by Adam Rowlands, the incoming member, and Tony Marr, Chairman of the BOU Records Committee. Pete Ellis, ...
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Notes

01 July 1999 Comments Notes FEEDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITTLE EGRETS AND RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS On 1st January 1996, in Frogmore Creek, on the Kingsbridge Estuary, Devon, I was watching a tight group of eight Red-breasted Mergansers Mergus serrator feeding in shallow water, so...
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