Letters

01 November 1999 Comments Letters Tombeur 's note on a pale Great Skua Catharacta skua in Iceland (Brit. Birds 92: 164-165) requires further comment. Judging by the `normal' bird, it looks to me as though the photographs, as well as one of the birds, are also pale. Allowing for this, I...
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Looking back

01 November 1999 Comments Other `There is a point in connection with the song of birds which I have not seen mentioned, although it must have been noticed by many who are interested in ornithology; it is the differences in the note, or rather the tone of the note, of a bird, in diffe...
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Reviews

01 December 1979 Comments Reviews The Orbis Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain and Europe. Edited by John Gooders. Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1971, and Orbis Publishing Ltd, 1978. Five volumes, first and last sent for review; hundreds of colour photographs, illustrations, maps, species acco...
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Recent Reports

01 December 1979 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers September, with several August and early October records; except where otherwise stated, dates refer to September. High pressure regions persisted for most of the month t...
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News and Comment

01 December 1979 Comments News and comment New NNRs Some 220 ha on the famous Ythan Estuary have been added to the existing 718 ha of the Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire. The reserve includes not only one of the largest and least disturbed dune...
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Diary dates

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials This list covers events taking place during January' to December 1980. We welcome submission of details for possible inclusion in the next list, covering July 1980 to June 1981.   4th-6th January BTO RINGING AND MIGRATION CONFERENCE. ...
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Requests

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials Norwegian and Swedish atlases Casual observations from visiting birdwatchers for named squares will be welcomed for inclusion in the atlases of breeding birds of Norway and Sweden. Experienced atlas fieldworkers willing to assist with the proje...
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Announcement

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials Swiss atlas The breeding bird atlas of Switzerland (Verbreitungsatlas der Brutvogel der Schweiz/Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de Suisse), covering 1972-76, with maps similar to those in the BTO/IWC Atlas and texts in both German and French, will b...
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Letters

01 December 1979 Comments Letters Identification of Blyth's Reed and Paddyfield Warblers I have seen only one Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (Brit. Birds 63: 214216) and no Paddyfield Warblers A. agricola, but I have examined a large number of published and unpubli...
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