Monthly marathon

01 October 1986
Comments Other Skylark Alauda arvensis (68%) Woodlark Lullula arborea (18%) Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens (5%) Oriental Skylark A. gulgula (4%) Thekla Lark Galerida theklae (3%) Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus (1%) There were also a small number o...
Read More

Recent reports

01 October 1986
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to July unless otherwise stated. The hot weather spilling over from Europe during June continued into early July. By 5th, the centre of pressure move...
Read More

News and comment

01 October 1986
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Ornithologists honoured. Our congratulations to Ian Prestt. Director General of the RSPB. who was created a CBE in the Birthday Honours List; and to Professor Geor...
Read More

Short reviews

01 October 1986
Comments Reviews Species-checklist of the Birds of New Guinea. By Bruce M. Beehler and Brian W. Finch. (Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union, 1985. Paperback, Aus. $10.00.) This 128-page checklist standardises and crossreferences the English and scientific names of t...
Read More

Reviews

01 October 1986
Comments Reviews Which Bird? Birds of Britain and Europe. By Jim Flegg with Eric and David Hosking. Deans International Publishing, London, 1986. 256 pages; over 400 colour plates; 17 colour illustrations. £7.95. The first thing to say about this book is that it ...
Read More

Announcements

01 October 1986
Comments Editorials BTO bargain. Are you a BTO member? If not, take the opportunity to join now (a membership leaflet is inserted with this issue). Ordinary subscription rates rise to £12 in January, but by joining now you will receive 15 months' membership for just £10...
Read More

Letters

01 October 1986
Comments Letters 'Racial identification of Cattle Egret'. I was very sorry to read the article (Brit. Birds 78: 659-661) for a number of reasons. I hesitated for a long time before submitting my paper on 'Field identification of West Palearctic white herons and egrets'...
Read More

Notes

01 October 1986
Comments Notes Egret in mid Atlantic. On 21 st November 1984,1 was on board HMS Sirius sailing from Newfoundland, Canada, to Plymouth, Devon. When about 1,500 km west of Cornwall, at approximately 50°N, an egret Egretta Bubulcus circled strongly around the ship for ...
Read More

Stay at the forefront of British birding by taking out a subscription to British Birds.

Subscribe Now