Notes

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...
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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 '...
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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...
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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...
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Reviews

01 September 1981
Comments Reviews Usborne Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe. By Rob Hume, Usborne, London, 1981. 128 pages; colour and black-and-white illustrations on 119 pages. Hardback, £3.99; paperback, £2.50.  Beginners will find this a splendid book. Indeed, it ...
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Short reviews

01 September 1981
Comments Reviews Pigeon Racing: advanced techniques. By Jan Aerts. (Faber & Faber, 1981. £2.50) Paperback version of 1969 book. Illustrated Guide to Birds and Birdwatching. By Neil Ardley. (Ward Lock, 1980. £6.95) A curate's egg of a book, but one is left...
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Recent reports

01 September 1981
Comments News and comment June, to which all dates in this report refer, continued a fascinating spring into a remarkable summer for unusual birds. It is all too easy to forget the excitement of rarities these days--to many birdwatchers, perhaps, the birds are still unlikely to...
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News and comment

01 September 1981
Comments News and comment International ornithological politics Jeffery Boswall has gleaned the following information from The Daily Telegraph (15th June), J o Grimmond on the Wildlife and Countryside Bill: 'If it becomes law you may shoot the Redshank and Curlew. I do ...
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Announcements

01 September 1981
Comments Editorials Peterson Sound Guide: discs and cassettes This superb set of recordings (A Field Guide to the Bird Songs of Britain and Europe by Sture Palmer and Jeffery Boswall) is now available on four packs of four cassettes as well as on 15 LPs. It provid...
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