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01 March 2006 Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...

Letters

01 March 2006 Comments Letters When Garner (2005) reviewed the `Fair Isle sandpiper' (FIS), his reasoning that the bird was not a Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri seemed compelling. It is not possible for statistics to prove that the bird was one species or another, since it deals o...

Seabirds and pipefish: A request for records

01 March 2006 Comments Editorials Seabirds in the northeast Atlantic usually feed their chicks on small, oil-rich shoaling fish such as sandeels Ammodytes marinus, sprats Sprattus sprattus, herring Clupea harengus and capelin Mallotus villosus. Although many other fish species have bee...

Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2003 Part 2: Short-toed Lark to Little Bunting

01 March 2006 Comments Main paper This is the second part of this, the ninth, annual Scarce Migrants report, which covers the passerine species from Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla to Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla. Part 1 of the report, which dealt with non-passerines, has ...

Has the juvenile plumage of Honey-buzzard evolved to mimic that of Common Buzzard?

01 March 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Juvenile Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus exhibit a striking resemblance to Common Buzzards Buteo buteo, even though the two species are not closely related. Both species, but particularly Honey-buzzards, rather frequently fall prey to Northern ...

British Birds – March 2006

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Reviews

01 July 1939 Comments Reviews Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, Vol. X X I , Part I. T H I S contains a very well deserved tribute to Mr. Charles Oldham, signed by a number of naturalist friends and addressed to him on the occasion of his sevent...

Notes

01 July 1939 Comments Notes I THINK it will be of interest to record a case of bigamy in Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), which I had under observation in England during the summer of 1938. It is well known that this species has a tendency to nest in small colonies, but I do no...

On the Courtship-display of the Goldeneye

01 July 1939 Comments Main paper THE courtship-display of the Goldeneye (Bucephala c. clangula) is perhaps more spectacular than that of any other duck and therefore has attracted the attention of several naturalists who have described it at considerable length. Among them I may mention ...

The Vocal Activity of Blackbirds at a winter Roost

01 July 1939 Comments Main paper THE noise made by the Blackbird (Turdus m. merula) in going to roost is a characteristic part of the countryside in winter, and is associated in the minds of many with a frosty evening. The following note describes an attempt to measure these roosting ca...

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Notes

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Seabirds and pipefish: A request for records

Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2003 Part 2: Short-toed Lark to Little Bunting

Has the juvenile plumage of Honey-buzzard evolved to mimic that of Common Buzzard?

British Birds – March 2006

Reviews

Notes

On the Courtship-display of the Goldeneye

The Vocal Activity of Blackbirds at a winter Roost

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