Recent reports

01 June 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in the report refer to March unless otherwise stated. Weather and early spring migration. The month began with mild, unsettled westerly weather, becoming progre...
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News and comment

01 June 1985
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Oriental Bird Club. No less than 129 enthusiasts trekked to that infamous Eastern city, Norwich, on 23rd March, for the inaugural meeting of the Oriental Bird Club...
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Announcements

01 June 1985
Comments Editorials 'The Birdwatcher's A-Z' was named as 'The "British Birds" Best Bird Book of the Year' for 1981 (Brit. Birds 74: 411). The review in British Birds (74: 409-410) referred to it as 'a most useful addition to any birdwatcher's library'. Its price then was ...
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Letters

01 June 1985
Comments Letters Bill coloration of treecreepers. The note by Laurel Tucker (Brit. Birds 77: 263-264) questions if the upper mandible coloration could assist in the field separation of the two European treecreepers Certhia. Photographs, in Vara Figlar i Norden (1942) b...
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Letter

01 September 1982
Comments Letters Mortality of Sparrowhawks and Kestrels The findings of Newton et al. (Brit. Birds 75: 195-204) are similar in most respects to ours (Keymer et al. 1981). We wish to comment, however, on some important differences, especially regarding...
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Notes

01 September 1982
Comments Notes Male Montagu's Harrier with broad white rump patch On 19th June 1978, south of the River Guadalquivir near Lebrija, Spain, D.J. Fisher, S.J. M. Gantlett and I saw a male Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus which was typical in every way of an adu...
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