Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010
Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...
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Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010
Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...
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Notes

01 November 1977
Comments Notes Kestrels hunting long-eared bats On thq evening of 5th August 1975, in calm, hot, sultry weather with good visibility, I watched two Kestrels Falco tinnunculus hunting bats around the cliffs of Middle Head and Kay Nest, Bilsdale Midcable, ...
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Mystery photographs

01 November 1977
Comments Main paper The fine bill, distinctive face pattern and rounded crown give the warbler (plate 123, page 456, repeated at reduced size here) the look of a typical Phylloscopus. Without wing-bars or prominent supercilium, it looks rather ordinary, and there is nothi...
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Christmas bookshop

01 November 1977
Comments Main paper Nowadays, scores of books about birds are published annually. Some are excellent, many are good and only a few are bad, but it is not always easy to distinguish those that are genuinely helpful and, in many cases, essential. We have, therefore, ta...
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