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Seventy-five years ago

01 October 1983 Comments Other 'GREEN WOODPECKER versus STARLING, BY EMMA L. TURNER, F. L. S. WHILE wandering about soon after dawn on the morning of May 8th, I came across one of the most amusing incidents connected with bird life which I have ever watched. 'A pair of Green Wo...

Mystery photographs

01 October 1983 Comments Main paper As a medium-sized wader feeds in the marsh on a fine spring morning, its delicate movements are halted as it spots the observer. The bird's relatively small head, short tail and medium length, but rather slim, straight bill and longish legs indica...

Little Whimbrel: new to Britain and Ireland

01 October 1983 Comments Main paper Sker Farm, near Sker Point, Mid Glamorgan, lies on the southern edge of extensive sandhills and slacks comprising Kenfig Pool and Dunes Local Nature Reserve. David E. J. Dicks and I were walking along a track adjacent to Sker Farm at about 15.45 GMT on...

Field Identification of Wheatear and Isabelline Wheatear

01 October 1983 Comments Main paper The Wheatear Oermnthe oenanthe and the Isabelline Wheatear O.isabellina have overlapping breeding and wintering ranges (Vaurie 1959) and frequently occur in the same habitat (Cornwallis 1975). Identification in these circumstances may be difficult...

The 'British Birds' Best Bird Book of the Year

01 October 1983 Comments Main paper For the benefit of those who may wish to acquire (or give as a present) just one of the many bird books published each year, British Birds selects annually its choice of the 'Best Bird Book of the Year' from those reviewed in the journal during the pre...

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