Notes

01 April 1976
Comments Notes A further note on the wing-spreading of Black Storks In a recent note (Brit. Birds, 67: 236-237) M. D. England gave details of an unusual aspect of the feeding behaviour of some Black Storks Ciconia nigra in north-east Portugal. He described ho...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Recent reports

01 March 1973
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records November saw the beginning of winter in most parts of Britain. Temperatures, although above average, dropped sharply, especially in the third week, and frost and light falls of snow were no...
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News and comment

01 March 1973
Comments News and comment B.T.O. conferences  This winter, the British Trust for Ornithology has held three of its well-known weekend conferences at Swanwick in Derbyshire. The Annual Conference, during 1st-3rd December, heard a diverse selection of mainly con...
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Reviews

01 March 1973
Comments Reviews Handbuch der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Vol. 4. Falconiformes. Edited by U. N. Glutz von Blotzheim, with K. M. Bauer and E, Bezzel. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt a m Main, 1971.943 pages; 3 colour plates; 128 line-drawings and maps. DM 138.00 (s...
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