Announcement

01 August 1978 Comments Editorials YOC cover design competition The competition for members of the Young Ornithologists' Club to design a cover for British Birds was won by Paul Spencer, of Horsham, West Sussex. His design 'Lonely sky' appears on the cover and is reproduced in b...
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Notes

01 August 1978 Comments Notes Storm Petrels chasing albino At 06.00 GMT on 7th August 1977, on Bardsey, Gwynedd, my assistant warden, Trevor Jones, watched four Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus for over 1½ minutes as they flew south close along the west coast. Three were...
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Requests

01 August 1978 Comments Editorials Marked gulls Herring Gulls Larus argentatus on the coast from Fife to Durham have been marked as follows: heads dyed yellow (but may have faded), one leg with two colour rings, the other with a BTO ring, and, on adults, a red ring with a yellow...
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