Announcements

01 March 1992 Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop. The following books have been added to the list this month: Simms: British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails. Smith: Alfred Russel Wallace.Trodd & Kramer: The Birds of Bedfordshire. For all your book orders, please use the ...
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Requests

01 March 1992 Comments Editorials Scarce migrant records To ensure that accurate and comprehensive accounts of scarce migrants and other rarities can be prepared, detailed records of the following species are requested:  inland Black-throated Gavia arctica and Great Northe...
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ICBP news

01 March 1992 Comments Editorials Birding abroad. Last summer, Mark Pearman, a British birder now living in Argentina, rediscovered one of t h e world's least-known birds, Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus kaempferi, in humid lowland forest in southern Brazil. This species was de...
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If the caption fits

01 March 1992 Comments Editorials Of the many suggested captions to Mike Weston's photograph of two Black-headed Gulls Larus ridibutidus (Brit. Birds 84: plate 15, repeated here), we enjoyed the following:  'Decent, respectable gulls keep their sexual affairs to the proper...
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Diary dates

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials This list covers events taking place during January' to December 1980. We welcome submission of details for possible inclusion in the next list, covering July 1980 to June 1981.   4th-6th January BTO RINGING AND MIGRATION CONFERENCE. ...
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Requests

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials Norwegian and Swedish atlases Casual observations from visiting birdwatchers for named squares will be welcomed for inclusion in the atlases of breeding birds of Norway and Sweden. Experienced atlas fieldworkers willing to assist with the proje...
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Announcement

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials Swiss atlas The breeding bird atlas of Switzerland (Verbreitungsatlas der Brutvogel der Schweiz/Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de Suisse), covering 1972-76, with maps similar to those in the BTO/IWC Atlas and texts in both German and French, will b...
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