Recent reports

01 August 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in the report refer to May unless otherwise stated. Weather, and spring migrants The pattern of high pressure to the west with consequent cool north to northwest winds established...
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Reviews

01 August 1985
Comments Reviews The Birds of Orkney. By Chris Booth, Mildred Cuthbert and Peter Reynolds. The Orkney Press, Stromness, 1984. 275 pages; 5 colour plates; 12 black-and-white plates; 24 line-drawings. £12.00.  Following the standard format for local avifaunas,...
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Short Reviews

01 August 1985
Comments Reviews The National Trust Book of British Wild Animals. Edited by John A. Burton. (Jonathan Cape, 1984. £12.95) A review of the mammals, birds and other wildlife of Britain, produced under the auspices of the National Trust, in co-operation with the Fauna an...
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News and comment

01 August 1985
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. New risk for Derwent. No sooner has the conservation world breathed a sigh of relief at the Agriculture Minister's decision not to grant-aid a controversial p...
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Announcements

01 August 1985
Comments Editorials Irish subscribers can now make payments for their subscriptions or for books in Irish pounds if they wish, by cheque, payable to British Birds Ltd, Fountains, Park Lane, Blunham, Bedford MK44 3NJ. To our prices quoted in pounds sterling, please ad...
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Letters

01 August 1985
Comments Letters Distinctive bird names. It was the fine article on 'Canary Islands Stonechat' Saxicola dacotiae (Brit. Birds 77: 467-474) that finally pushed me over the edge into writing this letter. There we had a remarkably excellent article by a well-researched ob...
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Notes

01 August 1985
Comments Notes Pink-footed Geese feeding on school playing-fields. During the exceptionally severe winter of 1981/82, unprecedented numbers of Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus were present on the southwest Lancashire and north Merseyside feeding grounds, notabl...
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PhotoSpot. 14. Ross's Gull

01 August 1985
Comments Main paper 14. Ross's Gull This portrait of a flying adult summer Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (plate 187) is a tribute to David Hunt's photographic skills. The species' beauty andelegance are superbly captured, and it is easy to see why it ...
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