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Waders water and mud

01 April 1976 Comments Main paper We have received a superb collection of black-and-white photo graphs of waders washing, walking, running, feeding and flying, taken by Brian and Sheila Bottomley, mostly in Cornwall. Eight are reproduced here and we hope in due course to publish furthe... Read More

Ruddy Ducks in Britain

01 April 1976 Comments Main paper The Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis is one of five introduced birds (three waterfowl and two pheasants) that were admitted to the British and Irish list in 1971, when it was accepted that they had succeeded in establishing self-maintaining feral populati... Read More

November and December reports

01 April 1976 Comments News and comment We received a report of a Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps which arrived at Carlingwark Loch, Castle Douglas (Dumfries & Galloway), in November and was still present in January, though unfortunately no further details are available. Three Manx... Read More

Letters

01 May 1952 Comments Letters --The increasing use of various types of colour-marking for the field recognition of birds must lead to confusion between individual experiments unless an authoritative central register can be compiled. The Scientific Advisory Committee of the British Tru... Read More