Notes

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...
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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 '...
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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...
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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...
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Diary dates

01 December 1988 Comments Editorials This list covers January to December 1989. 6th-8th January BTO RiNGfNG AND MIGRATION CONFERENCE. Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire. Details from Chris Mead, BTO, Beech Grove, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5NR. 16th January. RSPB...
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Birdcraft. 1. Trail-walking

01 December 1988 Comments Main paper The aim of this occasional series is to pass on tips which may improve readers' fieldcraft when birdwatching. For each topic, the authors will not only have drawn on their own experience, but also summarised advice gleaned from other specialists.The&nb...
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Short reviews

01 December 1988 Comments Reviews The Dragonflies of Europe. By R. R. Askew, (Harley Books, Great Horkesley, 1988. 291 pages. £49.95.) Every species meticulously illustrated in colour with the text covering description of the adult, biology (behaviour, jizz, habitat, etc.), flight per...
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Reviews

01 December 1988 Comments Reviews A Field Guide to the Waders of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. By Peter Colston & Philip Burton. Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, London, Auckland and Toronto, 1988. 23 colour plates; 95 line-drawings; 53 maps. £9.95.If yo...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 December 1988 Comments Other 'CAROLINA CRAKE IN OUTER HEBRIDES. AN immature male Carolina Crake (Porzana carolina) was shot by Mr. A. Blain (Galson Lodge, Stornoway), near Ness, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, on November 12th, 1913, and sent to the Natural History Museum in the flesh.' (B...
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