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Mystery photographs

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper Perched conspicuously on a prominent vantage point, this mystery bird shows a fairly substantial bill, relatively long tail and black mask, a combination which quickly shows it to be one of the shrikes Lanius. The blackness of the wings and '... Read More

Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies... Read More

Recent reports

01 December 1964 Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary outlines the rarer passerines in the two months from 19th September to 19th November, thus overlapping slightly with the previous one {Brit. Birds, 57: 441-444); the more regula... Read More

Review

01 December 1964 Comments Reviews The Black-tailed Godwit. By F. Haverschmidt. Brill, Leiden, 1963. v i i i + 1 2 0 pages; frontispiece, 17 black-and-white photographs, 1 drawing and 2 maps. N o price marked. The author intended this book for ordinary bird-lovers and general ornithologist... Read More