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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...

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...

Seabirds and pipefish: A request for records

01 March 2006 Comments Editorials Seabirds in the northeast Atlantic usually feed their chicks on small, oil-rich shoaling fish such as sandeels Ammodytes marinus, sprats Sprattus sprattus, herring Clupea harengus and capelin Mallotus villosus. Although many other fish species have bee...

Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2003 Part 2: Short-toed Lark to Little Bunting

01 March 2006 Comments Main paper This is the second part of this, the ninth, annual Scarce Migrants report, which covers the passerine species from Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla to Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla. Part 1 of the report, which dealt with non-passerines, has ...

Has the juvenile plumage of Honey-buzzard evolved to mimic that of Common Buzzard?

01 March 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Juvenile Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus exhibit a striking resemblance to Common Buzzards Buteo buteo, even though the two species are not closely related. Both species, but particularly Honey-buzzards, rather frequently fall prey to Northern ...

British Birds – March 2006

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Recent Reports

01 January 1991 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 10th November to 17th December 1990. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Lesser While-fronted Goose Anser etythropus Slimbridge (Gloucestershire), 7th~Ilth December. Lesser Scaup Aythya af...

If the caption fits

01 January 1991 Comments Editorials Can you think of an apt, humorous caption to accompany the photograph of Black-headed Gulls Larus ridibundus in plate 15 on page 40? A small prize will be sent to the winner. Send your suggestions on a postcard to If the caption fits, Fountains, Park L...

News and Comment

01 January 1991 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds', Scaly-sided Merganser study/ The Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus, with a population estimated at only around 1,000 birds, is one of the world's rarest wildf...

Announcements

01 January 1991 Comments Editorials 'BB' and National Bird News.W e are pleased to announce that the telephone bird-news-line organisation set up to support conservation, National Bird News, has offered its help to BB. National Bird News currently runs 'Twitch-line', ' BTO News Line...

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