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01 August 1990 Comments Notes Oystercatchers incubating on closely adjacent nests. In early spring 1987, in a quiet corner of Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, soil, sand and chippings were dumped and then levelled. Later, the area became partly covered by vegetation and up to five Oy...

Mystery photographs

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper Perched conspicuously on a prominent vantage point, this mystery bird shows a fairly substantial bill, relatively long tail and black mask, a combination which quickly shows it to be one of the shrikes Lanius. The blackness of the wings and '...

Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1990 Comments Other 'LAND-RAILS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. I am pleased to report that the Land-Rail (Crex crex) turned up this year in quite average numbers in the district of Cheadle, Staffordshire . . . This very dry season is bringing on a very early hay harvest, and this...

Seasonal reports: winter 1989/90

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The weather during this winter period was milder and wetter than average everywhere, with temperatures 2.5ºC above normal in much of southern and eastern England Unsettled westerly weather in early November changed to warm anticyclonic southeasterlies...

Plumage variation and identification of the 'Yelkouan Shearwater'

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The classification of the European breeding shearwaters related to the Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus, and the identification of the Mediterranean forms yelkouan and mauretanicus, colloquially known as the 'Levantine Shearwater' and the 'Balearic Sh...

Conservation and predation problems of birds of prey in Sweden

01 January 1975 Comments Main paper ...

The food of birds of prey in Fenno-Scandia

01 January 1975 Comments Main paper ...

Notice

01 August 1961 Comments Editorials Possible charter flight to America for XIII International Ornithological Congress.--The cost of travel to the United States may cause a major reduction in the European attendance at the XIII International Ornithological Congress at Cornell University in J...

Requests for information

01 August 1961 Comments Editorials Colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls.--As part of a population and behavioural study of the Black-headed Gull (Lams ridibundus), 1,500 juveniles were marked in June 1961, at Ravenglass, Cumberland, with a black plastic ring on the left leg and a metal ring on...

Recent reports and news

01 August 1961 Comments News and comment [These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] This summary is mainly concerned with the eight weeks from mid-June to early August and follows on after the one in our July issue (pages 293-296). It covers the rarer species and some first...

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