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Monthly marathon

01 November 1993 Comments Other No trap, it was a Little Gull, photographed by Axel Halley in Germany in October 1988 (SCORE 6). The first person to achieve a score of 500 will win a birding trip with SUNBIRD to Africa, Asia or North America.223. Sixth 'Monthly marathon', using new r...

Mystery photographs

01 November 1993 Comments Main paper The fairly long neck, pot belly, short and slightly decurved bill, and scaly upperparts readily suggest that our mystery bird (plate 217 on page 566) is a Calidris wader, or perhaps a Ruff Philomachus pugnax. Discerning the size of a lone wader in the ...

The 'British Birds' Best Bird Book of the Year

01 November 1993 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...

Twenty-five years ago...

01 November 1993 Comments Other 'The British Trust for Ornithology has announced that its endeavours to obtain financial backing for the ambitious project of mapping the breeding distributions of British and Irish birds have been rewarded. The Leverhulme Trust Fund has granted to the...

From the Rarities Committee's files: Records not accepted

01 November 1993 Comments Main paper Records not accepted At the end of each annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain' there is a list of records not accepted. Observers, especially those who have submitted records which have appeared under this heading, occasionally express an inter...

Mystery photographs

01 November 1993 Comments Main paper Mystery photograph 191. Identify the species. Answer on page 584. ...

Feral Rose-ringed Parakeets in Britain

01 November 1993 Comments Main paper The Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri is found naturally in Central and West Africa and the Indian subcontinent, but has escaped or been introduced in numerous other parts of the world, in many of which it has become successfully established (Lev...

The Armenian Gull in Armenia

01 November 1993 Comments Main paper Interest in the Armenian Gull Lams [argentatus) armenicus* has increased dramatically since the realisation that this gull showed a characteristic black band on the bill (e.g., Geroudet 1982; Hume 1983; Cramp & Simmons 1983; Dubois 1985; Grant 1988...

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Monthly marathon

Mystery photographs

The 'British Birds' Best Bird Book of the Year

Twenty-five years ago...

From the Rarities Committee's files: Records not accepted

Mystery photographs

Feral Rose-ringed Parakeets in Britain

The Armenian Gull in Armenia

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