Recent reports

01 March 1993 Comments News and comment This summary cover s the period 18th January to 14th February 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records.   American Wigeon Anas americana Male, Whitegate (Co. Cork), January to at least 8th February. American Black D...
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News and Comment

01 March 1993 Comments News and comment LAST CENTURY, Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde supported a quarter of a million pairs of Puffins Fratercula arctica, then common rats Rattus norwegicus got ashore. Slowly but surely, Puffins-- and other seabirds as well as vegetation--were devastated ...
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Announcements

01 March 1993 Comments Editorials 'The F a m o u s G r o u s e ' Scotch whisky Christmas puzzle. The solution to the puzzle set on page xiii in the December 1992 issue included the following four species': ROOK , SMEW, COOT and TEAL. The two commonest of the several corr...
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ICBP news

01 March 1993 Comments Editorials In Focus County Birdrace. Entries are now being taken for this year's In Focus County Birdrace. As usual, the event is open to teams of four, and the aim is to see as many species of bird as possible within the boundaries of a single county i...
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