Recent reports

01 January 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th November 1988 to 2nd January 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Adult of nominate race, Durleigh Reservoir (Somerset), several dates from 27th Novemb...
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Monthly reports: September 1988

01 January 1989 Comments News and comment The month began with a spell of very unsettled westerly weather. A depression centred off the west coast of Scotland brought strong-to-gale-force northwest-to-westerly winds across Britain and Ireland, especially on 2nd. In the north of Scotland, the w...
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Recent reports: Monthly reports

01 January 1989 Comments Editorials We have been striving constantly to increase the usefulness of this popular, regular feature. With 'Recent reports' now appearing separately, and with the twitchers' grapevine now formalised, making up-to-the-minute news of rarities available to all fo...
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Recent Reports

01 January 1979 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers October and the first part of November; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to October. The weather was dominated by anticyclones, especially the Azores anticy...
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News and Comment

01 January 1979 Comments News and comment SOC Conference The Scottish Ornithologists' Club held its thirty-first annual conference at the Marine Hotel, North Berwick, on 27th-29th October 1978. This marked a welcome return to an autumn conference, using the venue which had proved so su...
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Request

01 January 1979 Comments Editorials Mute Swans with yellow collars or yellow rings As part of a study of the population structure and dynamics of wild Mute Swans Cygnus olor in the Outer Hebrides, 385 were caught and marked on the Uists in the first half of August 1978. All the f...
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