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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...

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 '...

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...

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...

Plumage variation and identification of the 'Yelkouan Shearwater'

01 August 1990 Comments Main paper The classification of the European breeding shearwaters related to the Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus, and the identification of the Mediterranean forms yelkouan and mauretanicus, colloquially known as the 'Levantine Shearwater' and the 'Balearic Sh...

Recent Reports

01 February 1979 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers November; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to November. The anticyclonic weather continued through November, producing a mild southerly or westerly airstrea...

News and Comment

01 February 1979 Comments News and comment National Cage Bird Show The 35th National Exhibition of Cage and Aviary Birds, held from 1st to 3rd December 1978, filled the Great Hall at Alexandra Palace to capacity. This annual show is the largest exhibition of cage birds held in Britain a...

Requests

01 February 1979 Comments Editorials Leach's Petrels in autumn 1978 Large numbers of Leach's Petrels Oceanodroma leucorrhoa were recorded in Britain, particularly on the Merseyside coast, in autumn 1978. Ali observations in Britain and Ireland during the period 1st September to 30...

Letters

01 February 1979 Comments Letters The use of flash in bird photography I sympathise with R. A. Hume (Brit. Birds 71 : 422) regarding the indiscriminate use of flash on diurnal birds in instances where the background cannot be properly illuminated and a false nocturnal effect is created...

Reviews

01 February 1979 Comments Reviews Wild Geese. By M. A. Ogilvie. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1978, 350 pages; 16 colour plates; 45 black-and-white illustrations; 40 maps; 41 tables. £7.80. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in wildfowl, esp...

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