Recent reports

01 March 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 13th January to 10th February 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Billingham (Cleveland), from at least 31st January. Long-billed Dowitcher L...
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Recent reports

01 February 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 3rd-12th January 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. King Eider Somateria spectabilis Tayport (Fife), 10th, with up to 30,000 Eiders S. mollissima. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Harl...
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Reviews

01 February 1989 Comments Reviews Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. By P. A. D. Hollom, R. F. Porter, S. Christensen and Ian Willis. T. & A. D. Poyser, Calton, 1988. 320 pages; 710 colour illustrations; 182 line-drawings; 499 distribution maps. £14.00.This publication rep...
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Reviews

01 December 1986 Comments Reviews The Secret Life of an Oakwood: a photographic essay. By Stephen Dalton with Jill Bailey. Century, London, 1986, 160 pages; 145 colour plates. £14.95.  Stunning! That is really the only word to describe this 'photographic essay" on a small oa...
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Mystery photographs

01 November 1986 Comments Main paper The size and structure of last month's mystery bird (plate 264, repeated here) are obviously those of a warbler. The combination of generally unmarked upperparts, rather small bill, noticeable supercilium and non-rounded tail suggests a Phylloscopus. I...
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