Notes

01 March 2006
Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Letters

01 March 2006
Comments Letters When Garner (2005) reviewed the `Fair Isle sandpiper' (FIS), his reasoning that the bird was not a Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri seemed compelling. It is not possible for statistics to prove that the bird was one species or another, since it deals o...
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Recent reports

01 July 1999
Comments News and comment Wall Nature Reserve (Kent), 28th May. Lesser Scaup A. affinis Vane Farm RSPB (Tayside), 10th-12th May; Balgray Reservoir (Strathclyde), 29th May to 4th June; Saltholme Pools (Cleveland), 6th June. Great Snipe Gallinago media North Ronaldsay (Orkney), 1...
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Monthly marathon

01 July 1999
Comments Other We can, however, see the central tail feathers, which seem to be dark well down towards the base. We can also just discern the outer edge of the outer tail feather, which provides a hint of a clear-cut dark tip. Tail patterns are, however, never very o...
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News and Comment

01 July 1999
Comments News and comment There can be few British birders who have been birdwatching in the Mediterranean region who have not visited at least one set of saltpans ­ be they on the coast of Tunisia, Spain or France. Over the years, there have been some spectacular records for ...
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