Monthly marathon

01 November 1996 Comments Other The farther of the two birds in plate 144 was named as American Coot Fulica americana (80%), Red-knobbed (exCrested) Coot F. cristata (10%), Common Coot F. atra (7%) and Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (3%), and the nearer as Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisege...
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Recent reports

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment Great Snipe Gallinago media At least 11 up to 1st October, including three on Fair Isle (Shetland) on 20th September. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Dumbarton (Strathclyde), 22nd-30th September. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Landguard (Suffolk), 2nd a...
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News and comment

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment When the latest issue of your favourite magazine arrives through the letter box, do you open it and promptly shake it over the litter bin? All those inserts are presumably disposed of immediately in countless households, at least judging by the comment...
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Looking Back

01 November 1996 Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'Nansen's Discovery of the Breeding Habits of Ross's Gull. The "Daily Chronicle" during the past few days has given us the first connected narrative from the pen of the "Hero of the "White North". This account of the greatest adv...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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