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Common Buzzards and other raptors on Colonsay and Oronsay

01 November 2021 Comments Main paper ...

Common Eider nesting on harbour ledge in Kirkcaldy

01 April 2021 Comments Notes On 14th May 2020, William Dickson told me about a Common Eider Somateria mollissima sitting on a nest on the harbour wall at Kirkcaldy, Fife. The nest was situated on the only patch of vegetation along the entire harbour ledge. On 25th May the b...

A Wild Bird and a Cultured Man

01 April 2021 Comments Reviews A Wild Bird and a Cultured Man. The Common Eider and Homo sapiens: fourteen centuries togetherBy Alexandra Goryashko...

Arctic Skuas caring for Common Eider duckling

01 April 2020 Comments Notes ...

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Conservation research news

01 May 2003 Comments News and comment The Dutch Wadden Sea is of international importance for Common Eiders Somateria mollissima, with between 102,000 and 173,000 individuals spending the winter there. In the winter of 1999/2000, beached bird surveys detected a mass mortality even...

Flight identification of Common Eider, King Eider and Steller's Eider

01 May 2002 Comments Main paper Tony Svensson 1Spring flocks impart a vivid black-and-white impression.They are rarely confused with other ducks, but other species of eider can be overlooked in the flock. ...

Announcement

01 October 2001 Comments Editorials Thanks to the generosity of well-known artist and staunch BB-supporter Ian Wallace, BB is delighted to offer its subscribers the opportunity to purchase this fantastic DIMW original, featuring European Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and No...