Letters

01 August 1995 Comments Letters The female Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater at Jomfruland, Kragero, Telemark, Norway, on 1st June 1987 was not just 'found dead' as stated by McKay (1994). The bird was alive and feeding with Greenfinches Carduelis Moris on the ground in the garden of ...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 November 1990 Comments Other 'ABUNDANCE OF LAND-RAILS IN EAST SUSSEX. NOT for many years past have there been so many Land-Rails (Crex crex) during the autumn migration as in 1915. From Pett eastwards there must have been hundreds wherever there was sufficient cover to hide these ...
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Recent reports

01 November 1990 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th September to 12th October 1990 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records.  Sora Porzana carolina Skomer (Dyfed), 7th October. Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Scilly, 10th-11th October....
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