Monthly marathon

01 November 1996 Comments Other The farther of the two birds in plate 144 was named as American Coot Fulica americana (80%), Red-knobbed (exCrested) Coot F. cristata (10%), Common Coot F. atra (7%) and Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (3%), and the nearer as Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisege...
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Recent reports

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment Great Snipe Gallinago media At least 11 up to 1st October, including three on Fair Isle (Shetland) on 20th September. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Dumbarton (Strathclyde), 22nd-30th September. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Landguard (Suffolk), 2nd a...
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News and comment

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment When the latest issue of your favourite magazine arrives through the letter box, do you open it and promptly shake it over the litter bin? All those inserts are presumably disposed of immediately in countless households, at least judging by the comment...
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Looking Back

01 November 1996 Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'Nansen's Discovery of the Breeding Habits of Ross's Gull. The "Daily Chronicle" during the past few days has given us the first connected narrative from the pen of the "Hero of the "White North". This account of the greatest adv...
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Recent reports

01 January 1992 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 8th November to 19th December 1991 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Male, Oxford Island (Co. Armagh), to at least 15th December. Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus White-...
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News and comment

01 January 1992 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Illegal hunting in Italy We have recently received some interesting information from Beverly Lewis, a reader who lives in Bruxelles, concerning European Parliament questio...
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Requests

01 January 1992 Comments Editorials 'Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'. Corrections are required, for a forthcoming revision of the book by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe (1990) scheduled for spring 1992. It is requested that all suggested changes, including those where ra...
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Announcements

01 January 1992 Comments Editorials Young Ornithologists of the Year. This year's Young Ornithologists' Club competition was sponsored jointly by the Young Telegraph and British Birds. Competitors were required to submit their field notebooks for perusal by the judges, Brough Girling (17...
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ICBP news

01 January 1992 Comments Editorials Progress in Malta? On a recent visit to Malta, ICBP Migratory Birds Officer Tobias Salathe witnessed the extent of the illegal shooting that occurs on the island. At Buskett Gardens, for example, the major pine forest of the Maltese islands and an attr...
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