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01 March 2011 Comments Letters Hawk Owl in Wiltshire ...

Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010 Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...

The status of Caspian Gull in Malta

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Although gull-watching on Malta has been carried out by the authors for over 20 years, more systematic observations were under- taken during 2001-09. Sessions are held in most months, with more intensive effort from August to April, but especially during ...

DNA analysis of a juvenile Common Snipe on Corvo, Azores

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper The Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago is a rare breeding bird in the Azores archipelago, where breeding occurs in the moist, elevated plains and moors of the islands of SaÃÆo Miguel, Terceira, SaÃÆo Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo. Recent ...

Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...

Notes

01 March 2010 Comments Interactions between breeding Black Swans and Mute Swans in Cheshire & Wirral ...

A second Ring-billed Gull in Glamorgan

01 December 1973 Comments Main paper Less than three months after the first recorded British occurrence of the Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis, an adult at Blackpill, Swansea Bay, Glamorgan (Hume 1973), D. W. Evans and I found a first-summer bird of this species at the same locality. ...

Ring-billed Gull in Glamorgan

01 December 1973 Comments Main paper At 13.10 hours on 14th March 1973 I scanned a flock of several hundred gulls which were resting on the beach at Blackpill, Swansea Bay, Glamorgan, using a telescope from a range of about 250 metres. The flock, part of a regular high-tide gathering, con...

Shore Larks summering and possibly breeding in Scotland

01 December 1973 Comments Main paper Shore Larks Eremophila alpestris were seen in the Scottish Highlands in the summers of 1972 and 1973; as far as is known, there are no previous records of summering in Britain. P. J. Coe and P. A. M. Gepp were birdwatching on 6th July 1972 when at abou...

Scarce migrants in Britain and Ireland 1958–67

01 December 1973 Comments Main paper ...

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