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Bird Illustrator of the Year' and 'The Richard Richardson Award'

01 July 1984 Comments Main paper Having presented the prizes for several years, Keith Shackleton joined the permanent judges and soon discovered what a lengthy and difficult exercise it is to sort out winners from 55 artists submitting 220 drawings. The winners were as follows:Two art...

Photospot. 3. Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan and Mute Swan

01 June 1984 Comments Main paper Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan and Mute Swan The photographer, P. M. Back, captioned this picture 'Three species in a row'. Originally a colour transparency obtained on the Ouse Washes, it provides not only an attractive picture, but also an unusual oppor...

Points of View. 8. Bird identification: the swinging pendulum

01 May 1984 Comments Main paper Bird identification: the swinging pendulum Once upon a time, identification was based solely on plumage and measurements: what could be seen on a corpse or a skin. Then, along came field-observers and birdwatchers who became very skilled at noticing di...

Photospot. 2. Dipper

01 May 1984 Comments Main paper Quite simply, this portrait of a Dipper Cinclus cinclus by J. B. & S. Bottomley must be the leading contender for the title of best-ever photograph of this most photogenic species. There's a waterfall; foaming water; a glistening rock; and a Dipper...

Erythrism in the Eggs of British Birds.

01 September 1963 Comments Main paper ALTHOUGH many scattered notes on this subject may be found in the various ornithological journals, very little has hitherto been done to collect these separate records; and beyond a short note by Adolf Kricheldorff in the Zeitschrift fur Oologie, XIII., ...

Cliff-Breeding in the House-Martin

01 June 1939 Comments Main paper IN response to the editorial appeal (antea, Vol. XXXII, p, 118) for information on cliff-breeding in the House-Martin (Delichon u, urbica) a number of observers have sent in records. From these it is obvious that breeding under natural conditions is far m...

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