Monthly Marathon

01 February 1996
Comments Other With Christmas and New Year postal delays still affecting incoming mail from overseas, even in mid January, we are extending the deadline for receipt of entries for the fourth stage of the current Marathon (December's plate 221). So far, seven species ...
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Looking Back

01 February 1996
Comments Other Fifty years ago, a Note reported on: 'COMMON GULLS NESTING ON BIRCH TREES. In June, 1945,  during a period of leave spent on Upper Deeside (Aberdeenshire), I noted on several occasions Common Gulls (Larus c. canus), perching on trees near the...
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Recent reports

01 February 1996
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 18th December 1995 to 14th January 1996. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Still present at Nimmo's P...
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News And Comment

01 February 1996
Comments News and comment Ask most birders about the National Trust (NT) and they will no doubt have an image of stately homes and gardens--and without doubt that is very much the picture the Trust has presented of itself over the last 100 years since it was established in 1895...
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Notes

01 February 1996
Comments Notes I read with great interest the paper by Dr Richard Chandler and Hadoram Shirihai (Brit. Birds 88: 136-140) concerning female Kentish Plovers Charadrius alexandrinus with complete breast-bands. In April 1994, I encountered three similar individual Kenti...
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Reviews

01 February 1996
Comments Reviews Ornitholoski Atlas Slovenije and Zimski Ornitholoski Atlas Slovenije. These are The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Slovenia and The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Slovenia, based on fieldwork during the five-year periods 1980-84 and 1986/87-1990/91, resp...
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Recent reports

01 January 1981
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not fully authenticated records The dates in this report refer to October unless otherwise stated. October was dominated by eastwardmoving depressions, bringing some very strong westerlies early in the month. From 1...
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