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01 August 1990 Comments Notes Oystercatchers incubating on closely adjacent nests. In early spring 1987, in a quiet corner of Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, soil, sand and chippings were dumped and then levelled. Later, the area became partly covered by vegetation and up to five Oy...

Mystery photographs

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper Perched conspicuously on a prominent vantage point, this mystery bird shows a fairly substantial bill, relatively long tail and black mask, a combination which quickly shows it to be one of the shrikes Lanius. The blackness of the wings and '...

Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1990 Comments Other 'LAND-RAILS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. I am pleased to report that the Land-Rail (Crex crex) turned up this year in quite average numbers in the district of Cheadle, Staffordshire . . . This very dry season is bringing on a very early hay harvest, and this...

Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies...

Plumage variation and identification of the 'Yelkouan Shearwater'

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The classification of the European breeding shearwaters related to the Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus, and the identification of the Mediterranean forms yelkouan and mauretanicus, colloquially known as the 'Levantine Shearwater' and the 'Balearic Sh...

Recent reports

01 April 1988 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 15th February to 20th March 1988. White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii St Ives (Cornwall), 15th-27th February; Filey (North Yorkshire), 10th-14th March. Garganey Anas querquedula Port Meadow (Oxfordshire), from 15th M...

Monthly reports: December reports

01 April 1988 Comments News and comment Cold anticyclonic weather dominated the first half of the month, but persistent cloud cover kept overnight temperatures above freezing. Winds were light, coming from north to southeasterly directions. From 15th, the temperature rose, and warm, set...

News and Comment

01 April 1988 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. The Flows give and take. The Scottish Office announced in January 1988 that 40,000 ha of the Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland should be given over to conif...

Reviews

01 April 1988 Comments Reviews Highlight the Wild: the art of the Reid Henrys. By Bruce Henry. Palaquin Publishing, Hartley Wintney, 1986. 103 pages; 40 colour plates; 66 black-and-white plates. £20.00. This unusual book by Bruce Henry can be recommended for its richness of il...

Requests

01 April 1988 Comments Editorials Colour-ringed Dotterels. In 1987, over 300 breeding Dotterels Charadrius morinellus and their chicks were ringed in Scotland. This represents a large pproportion of the breeding population and doubles the previous n u m b e r ever ringed in B...

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