Recent reports

01 January 1993 Comments Editorials This summary covers the period 13th November 1992 to 3rd January 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Argal Reservoir, Falmouth (Cornwall), from at least 27th November to at least 3r...
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Recent reports

01 January 1975 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records An exceptionally early breeding record of Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus came from Osterley Park (Greater London), where a nest contained a hatched chick on 26th February, i...
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Reviews

01 January 1975 Comments Reviews A Guide to the Birds of Wales. By David Saunders. Constable, London, 1974. 341 pages; 21 photographs; 17 maps. £2.50.   A book on Welsh birds is quite an event; David Saunders has chosen to write a guide to the best birding localitie...
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Notes

01 January 1975 Comments Notes Common and Black-headed Gulls flight-feeding over ragwort On the west coast of much of the Outer Hebrides is found the machair, a stretch of flat sandy soil used mainly for growing a mixed crop of rye and oats for animal fodder. Landward of thi...
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