Recent reports

01 June 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in the report refer to March unless otherwise stated. Weather and early spring migration. The month began with mild, unsettled westerly weather, becoming progre...
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Recent reports: December 1984

01 March 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to December 1984 unless otherwise stated. The month began with mild, unsettled, westerly weather, followed after 8th by a settled period as pressure ...
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Recent reports: November 1984

01 February 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to November 1984 unless otherwise stated. The weather during November was unset tled, with a procession of Atlantic frontal systems crossing Britain ...
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Recent reports

01 January 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Rarer passerines The variety of species seen was as usual impressive, but not the numbers, as the opportunities provided by the weather for vagrants to drop by was limited. There w...
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Recent Reports

01 December 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to September unless otherwise stated. Weather. The settled anticyclonic weather experienced during the summer just continued into September, bringing ...
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Recent Reports

01 November 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. The prolonged settled weather this summer continued throughout August as high-pressure areas remained nearby. The few weath...
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Recent Reports

01 October 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to July unless stated otherwise. Weather The weather during July was dominated by anticyclones. One centred close by to the west at the start of the m...
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Recent Reports

01 July 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to April unless  stated otherwise. Dry anticyclonic weather predominated with cool northerlies keeping temperatures below normal from 1st...
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Reviews

01 June 1984
Comments Reviews Cranes of the World. By Paul A. Johnsgard. Croom Helm, London, 1984. 258 pages; 23 colour plates; 24 black-and-white plates; several linedrawings; range-maps. £25.00. Paul Johnsgard used to be known almost solely as a wildfowl man, with a long li...
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Recent Reports

01 June 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to March unless stated otherwise. March is usually a frustrating month for birdwatchers, eager to see and hear the returning summer migrants, and thi...
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