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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 ...

Mystery photographs

01 January 1978 Comments Main paper Although plumage features are important in the identification of any bird, experienced field ornithologists tend to make much use of the way that it moves, its structure and its shape--the factors that go to make u p its 'jizz'. Mystery photograph 13 (...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1976

01 January 1978 Comments Main paper The main purpose of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, already fully described {Brit. Birds 66: 172-174), is to provide a confidential repository for detailed information on scarce nesting species in the United Kingdom, so that changes in status can be mon...

The Scottish Crossbill: Loxia scotica

01 January 1978 Comments Main paper The promotion of the Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica to specific status (Voous 1977) is more than just a systematic technicality of marginal interest to ordinary birdwatchers, but should not be given undue importance. The problems involved, however, a...

Editorial

01 January 1978 Comments Editorials Few birdwatchers are systematists or have any real knowledge of taxonomy and the reasons behind scientific nomenclature. We all, however, make constant use of classification: even non-ornithologists can recognise a duck as a duck or a thrush as a thrus...

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