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Evolutionary relationships of stonechats

01 July 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Sequence data of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and genomic fingerprinting provide good evidence that the geographically separated taxa of the Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata complex represent distinct genetic line...

Breeding parrots in Britain

01 July 2002 Comments Main paper In October 2000, the author began a study on the population biology of Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in Britain. It was discovered that not only were Rose-ringed Parakeets more numerous and widespread than was previously thought, bu...

Where does the Slender-billed Curlew nest, and what future does it have?

01 July 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This paper reviews and includes passages from the only fully documented accounts of nesting Slender-billed Curlews Numenius tenuirostris, by Valentin Ushakov of Tara, southwest Siberia, between 1909 and 1925. It then summarises some o...

Namaqua Doves breeding in Israel

01 May 1989 Comments Main paper The Namaqua Dove Oena capensis is found in south and east Africa, on Madagascar and in Saudi Arabia, ranging up to 20°N. According to Cramp (1985), the Namaqua Dove breeds within the West Palearctic only in the extreme south of Algeria, with vagrants ...

Mystery photographs

01 May 1989 Comments Main paper The bird depicted last month (plate 121, repeated here) is clearly a pipit Anthus, but which one? In the absence of essential information, such as size, call and location, it is necessary to evaluate all available structural and plumage detail. The&nbs...

Sabine's Gulls and other seabirds after the October 1987 storm

01 May 1989 Comments Main paper In a country where everyone supposedly talks about the weather, the storm of 15th/16th October 1987 and its aftermath was one of the most talked-about, written-about and filmed manifestations of weather ever experienced in Britain (Meteorological Offic...

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