Diary dates

01 June 1988
Comments Editorials This list covers July 1988 to June 1989.0 9th July ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AGM. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London. Details from the Secretary, OSME, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SGI9 2DI.....
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Notes

01 June 1988
Comments Notes The Exe Estuary egret of August 1985. On 21st August 1985, we discovered an egret Egretta at the Exe Estuary, Devon. It was a small, wholly white egret with no noticeable plumes. Compared with (memories of) a Little Egret E. garzetta, it appeared to be...
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Mystery photographs

01 June 1988
Comments Main paper This raptor is easily identified as a harrier Circus by its long tail and its wing attitude. The dark hood and whitish underwing-coverts suggest that it is an adult male. The pattern of the flight feathers, however, is unlike that of any of the four we...
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Product reports

01 June 1988
Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...
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Urban Merlins in Canada

01 June 1988
Comments Main paper Recent concern over the plight of the Merlin Falco columbarius in Britain (Bibby & Nattrass 1986) prompted me to write this short report on the Merlin's current status in Canada, where some interesting developments have recently occurred. Four subs...
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Recent reports

01 February 1975
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records October 1974 was the coldest in England since 1917. An anticyclone situated in mid-Atlantic persisted throughout the month, producing a cold airstream from the north with several pe...
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News and comment

01 February 1975
Comments News and comment Changing American attitudes to collecting? In 'News and comment' for July 1974 {Brit. Birds, 67: 304-305), I referred at length to disquieting attitudes held in some quarters in North America (especially the USA) towards scientific collecting; ...
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