Letters

01 February 1988
Comments Letters F i e l d identification o f black-headed Yellow Wagtails When discussing races of the Yellow Wagtail Motacillajlava, Martin van den Berg and Gerald Oreel (Brit. Birds 78: 176-183) claimed that 'most records of jeldegg in western E u r o p e probably resu...
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Notes

01 January 1988
Comments Notes W o o d p i g e o n s n e s t i n g o n sea cliffs and i n s i d e buildings Woodpigeons Columba palumbus usually nest on trees, in bushes, hedges, thickets or among creepers, and occasionally on the ground or on ledges of buildings (BWP vol. 4 ) . An exc...
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Photospot. 24. Parrot Crossbill

01 January 1988
Comments Main paper A bird of the Northwest Palearctic, the Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus breeds regularly, but relatively sparsely, from Scandinavia eastwards to Northern Russia, and sporadically south to Poland and the German Democratic Republic. As a specialist fe...
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