Recent reports

01 January 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th November 1988 to 2nd January 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Adult of nominate race, Durleigh Reservoir (Somerset), several dates from 27th Novemb...
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Monthly reports: September 1988

01 January 1989 Comments News and comment The month began with a spell of very unsettled westerly weather. A depression centred off the west coast of Scotland brought strong-to-gale-force northwest-to-westerly winds across Britain and Ireland, especially on 2nd. In the north of Scotland, the w...
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Recent reports: Monthly reports

01 January 1989 Comments Editorials We have been striving constantly to increase the usefulness of this popular, regular feature. With 'Recent reports' now appearing separately, and with the twitchers' grapevine now formalised, making up-to-the-minute news of rarities available to all fo...
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Recent reports

01 April 1975 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records December was the mildest for many years, dominated by westerly weather from the Atlantic. An anticyclone which persisted to the south of Britain caused depressions to move across on...
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News and comment

01 April 1975 Comments News and comment Waterway vandalism It was with considerable alarm that naturalists learned recently that the Severn-Trent Water Authority proposed to introduce a new byelaw compelling owners of lands fronting a river to cut down all trees, shrubs, reeds and ot...
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