Mystery Photographs

01 July 1986
Comments Main paper Last month's mystery photograph (plate 158, repeated here) clearly showed an eagle. Although it perhaps looked like a rather short version of a White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla without the typical wedge-shaped tail of that species (note, however...
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Reactions of birds to heavy rain

01 July 1986
Comments Main paper A note by myself and another by David A. Christie on the reactions of wildfowl and waders to rain and hail (Brit. Birds 77: 20-21), with a request for other observations on the subject, stimulated a further 11 notes describing the behaviour of birds in...
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Product reports

01 July 1986
Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in the appropriate condition...
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