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Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2002

01 November 2003 Comments Main paper This is the forty-fifth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it provides details of the records which have been assessed by BBRC for the year 2002, along with additional, outstanding records from previous years. To enhance the over... Read More

Reviews

01 March 1961 Comments Reviews Atlas of European Birds. By K. H . Voous. N e l s o n , London, i960. 284 pages; 419 maps and 355 photographs. 70s. One of the post-war developments in ornithology has been the attention given to bird distribution. There has been a growing realisation of ... Read More

A survey of moulting Shelduck on Knechtsand

01 March 1961 Comments Main paper sand-banks which lies 8.1 nautical miles from the German mainland between Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven. It extends from 8°i8'E to 8°29'i5"E and from 5 3 V ' i 8 " N to 5 3°46'i5"N. Robins Balje is a natural boundary on the south-west side, while the ... Read More

The contamination of birds with pollen and other substances

01 March 1961 Comments Main paper A s A RESULTof an appeal in a paper by Ash (195 9), further specimens of polleniferous contaminants, some containing other substances, were removed from the heads of migrant birds in i960. The most notable contribution was made by P.H.J, in the Camargue, ... Read More