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 June 1990
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 6th April to 10th May 1990 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Elmley RSPB Reserve (Kent), 7th-10th May. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Near Freshwater (Isle of Wigh...
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Monthly marathon

01 June 1990
Comments Main paper Entrants obviously found this an easier problem than we had expected. We thought that many more readers would be led astray by the streaked (almost striped) lower breast/belly of this Redwing, showing the dark and strongly marked underparts of the Icel...
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News and comment

01 June 1990
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. A word from the authors. The 'News and comment' postbag contains a growing number of what amount to requests for free advertising for all manner of products. Unles...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 June 1990
Comments Other 'BIRDS AND SHELL-FIRE. I have lately been reading various articles in the papers regarding birds in the war-stricken parts of France, so I thought you might care to have a few of my personal observations on this subject . . . The House-Sparrows continu...
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Short reviews

01 June 1990
Comments Reviews Caring for your Pet Bird. By Dr R. Dean Axelson. (Revised edn. Sterling Publishing, New York; Cassell, London, 1989. 68 pages. Paperback £5.95) An informative guide to diseases of captive birds, which might help in treatment of injured wild birds. TIM...
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