Notes

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...
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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 '...
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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...
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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...
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Reviews

01 October 1981
Comments Reviews The Evolutionary Ecology of Animal Migration. By R. R. Baker. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1978. xvii + 1012 pages; numerous blackand-white photographs and line-drawings. £35.00.  Reviewers as a class must surely agree with Callimachus...
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Recent reports

01 October 1981
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records Dates in this report refer to July unless otherwise stated. The weather during the first six days was unsettled as eastward moving weather-fronts crossed the country. Rather warmer air from...
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News and comment

01 October 1981
Comments News and comment North Sea Bird Watch The second annual report of the North Sea Bird Watch, co-ordinated by Dr R. A. F. Cox, has just been published listing the birds recorded at fixed and mobile installations on the Phillips Petroleum Company concessions in 19...
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Announcements

01 October 1981
Comments Editorials Peterson Sound Guide discs and cassettes special offer This offer is still open this month. See pages 400-401 in September issue for details. Please resubscribe now If your subscription falls due in January and you have not alrea...
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Letters

01 October 1981
Comments Letters Tree Pipits showing pale 'ear' spot The pale 'ear' spot of the Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni is a very useful supporting field feature of the species (see Brit. Birds 72: 95, for example) and this is borne out by my experien...
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