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Bean Geese in the Yare Valley, Norfolk

01 May 1991 Comments Main paper The only British wintering grounds for Bean Geese Anser fabalis of the western race fabalis to have been permanently occupied for many years lie in the Yare Valley, east Norfolk. The discovery of some individuals carrying coded ...

World status of the Red Kite

01 May 1991 Comments Main paper A background to the experimental reintroduction to England and Scotland In 1989, the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) started a joint experimental programme to re-establi...

Red-necked Grebe breeding in England

01 May 1991 Comments Main paper The Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena occurs widely in the Holarctic, breeding from Sweden, Finland and northern Russia, south into Denmark, Germany, the Balkans and the Ukraine, east to the Kirghiz Steppes, and then (as a much lar...

Mystery photographs

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Notes

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Letters

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Recent reports

01 April 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 11th February to 10th March 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Billingham (Cleveland), to at least 7th March. Little Egret Egretta garzetta ...

Monthly marathon

01 April 1989 Comments Other As readers will have discovered, the January Sponsored by issue arrived late—the result of a serious machine breakdown at the commercial company which packs and mails the issues of British Birds for us each month. We have, therefore, extended the 'Mo...

Monthly reports: November 1988

01 April 1989 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records Unless otherwise stated, dates refer to November 1988 Anticyclones nearby, to the east of Britain and Ireland, extended their influence, bringing quiet weather with some southeasterly winds...

News and Comment

01 April 1989 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Seabirds and sandeels After recent disastrous breeding seasons for some of Shetland's seabirds--owing to the failure of the right size of sandeel at a critical tim...

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