Product reports

01 March 1992 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...
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The Rare Breeding Birds Panel

01 March 1992 Comments Main paper In 1968, the RSPB Council established a subcommittee which it named the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. It was small, but from the outset had both a Nature Conservancy Council and a British Birds presence. Five years later, a report commented 'While many re...
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Mystery photographs

01 March 1992 Comments Main paper Last month's mystery photograph (colour plate 31, repeated here in black-and-white) was obviously a sea tern Sterna. No gull (Laridae) has the long-headed, long-billed appearance or crested rear crown shown by this bird. The thick, long bill with ...
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