Recent reports

01 December 2004
Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid September to mid November 2004. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Ythan Estuary (Northeast Scotland), 8th-9th October. Redhead Aythya americana Kenfig Pool (Glamorgan), 13th October to 10th November; Barra (Western...
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Monthly marathon

01 December 2004
Comments Other When I first saw Monthly Marathon photo number 209 in print (Brit. Birds 97: plate 265, repeated here as plate 380), I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, but as I wasn't expecting to have to write the solution, I didn't devote much thought to the probl...
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News and Comment

01 December 2004
Comments News and comment In one of the poorest wards in northeast England, the local council has voted for wildlife to drive regeneration and has awarded £450,000 to the new 400ha Saltholme reserve taking shape on the north bank of the River Tees. The total cost of this fla...
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Reviews

01 December 2004
Comments Reviews WEATHER AND BIRD BEHAVIOUR By Norman Elkins. 3rd edition. T & A D Poyser, A&C Black, London, 2004. 280 pages; colour photographs and blackand-white illustrations; maps, tables and figures. ISBN 0-7136-6825-3. Hardback, £35.00. This book, the definit...
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BBRC seeks new member

01 December 2004
Comments News and comment BBRC seeks a new member, preferably with knowledge of birds and birding in southwest Britain, to join the Committee on 1st April 2005. The prime qualifications required of candidates are: · a widely acknowledged expertise in identification · proven ...
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Letter

01 December 2004
Comments Letters As my letter (Brit. Birds 97: 302) was clearly not opposed to taxonomic lists per se, I am rather miffed that Martin Collinson should imply that I am some backwoodsman who might prefer to see birds listed alphabetically or by size. He did, however, use on...
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Conservation research news

01 December 2004
Comments News and comment Plunge-diving by gannets Morus is one of the most spectacular examples of specialist feeding by birds. Dives may commence from 30 m above, and reach depths of 30 m below, the water surface. To improve our understanding of the biomechanics of plunge-diving...
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