Seasonal reports: Autumn 1992

01 July 1993
Comments News and comment July's weather was cloudy and wet, and rather warm, particularly in the second half, and this continued into the firsl ten days of August Generally, August was unsettled and windy, and very wet: in fact, the wettest over England and Wales since 1956 an...
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Letters

01 July 1993
Comments Letters Naw Herring Gull taxonomy. The recent editorial decision (Brit. Birds 86: 1-2) to adopt splitting Herring Gull into three species L. argentatus, L. cachinnans and L. armenicus, although in line with current trends in avian taxonomy, seems highly c...
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Notes

01 July 1993
Comments Notes Eurasian Curlews thermalling. On 27th April 1991, at Newquay, Cornwall, I watched two small groups of Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata fly in from the west and land on the lawns beside the Headland Hotel. There was broken stratocumulus cloud based at ...
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Twenty-five years ago...

01 July 1993
Comments Other 'Attempted reintroduction of the White-tailed Eagle.--The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is currently attempting to reintroduce this magnificent raptor to one of its former Scottish haunts. Four young White-tailed Eagles Haliaeelus albicilla...
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Mystery photographs

01 July 1993
Comments Main paper Single, small waders seen away from their usual habitat can pose identification problems that would not occur in more usual situations. When that wader is determined to roost, bill tucked into its scapulars (plate 75), the problems are compounded and i...
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Recent reports

01 August 1992
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 13th June to 17th July 1992 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Cape Clear Island (Co. Cork), 15th July. Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 30, Cape Clear I...
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