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Identification review – Lesser Scaup

01 February 2005 Comments Main paper During the Easter holidays in 1987, I set off on a trip to southwest England that ultimately provided several birds which I had not seen in Britain before. En route, I stopped off in the Midlands to see the bird top of my list of those to see on the tr...

Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2002, Part 2: American Wigeon to Ring-billed Gull

01 February 2005 Comments Main paper This is the second part of this eighth annual report, which discusses the remaining nonpasserine species, from American Wigeon Anas americana to Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis. Part 1 of the report, which covered European Bee-eater Merops apiaster...

Studies of West Palearctic birds: Turtle Dove

01 February 2005 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur has declined, in terms of both range and abundance, throughout much of northern Europe over the last 30 years. Until recently, the species was relatively poorly studied in the modern agricultural landscape i...

Recent reports

01 February 2005 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid December 2004 to mid January 2005. ...

News and Comment

01 February 2005 Comments News and comment Many of us will have been personally affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, so it may seem insensitive to be concerned about the impact on wildlife when so many people died and so many more face an uncertain future. Accordingly, BirdLife (www.birdlife.n...

Reviews

01 February 2005 Comments Reviews TIME TO FLY: EXPLORING BIRD MIGRATION By Jim Flegg. BTO, Thetford, 2004. 184 pages; 107 colour photographs; 97 coloured maps; line-drawings and diagrams. ISBN 1-904870-08-2. Paperback, £14.00 (including p&p from the BTO). This book provides a fasc...

Notes

01 February 2005 Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...

Conservation research news

01 February 2005 Comments News and comment The publication in 2004 of the results of the `Seabird 2000' survey (Mitchell et al. 2004) has once again focused attention on the internationally important seabird populations breeding in Britain & Ireland. While many species, such as the auks, ap...

British Birds – February 2005

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Mystery photographs

01 September 1994 Comments Main paper A quick glance at the bill of this month's mystery bird (plate 116, on page 442) should have quickly narrowed down the options to a finch (Fringillidae), bunting (Emberizidae) or sparrow (Passeridae). A closer look at the bill reveals a distinct 'S' sh...

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