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Letters

01 March 2011 Comments Letters Hawk Owl in Wiltshire ...

Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010 Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...

The status of Caspian Gull in Malta

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Although gull-watching on Malta has been carried out by the authors for over 20 years, more systematic observations were under- taken during 2001-09. Sessions are held in most months, with more intensive effort from August to April, but especially during ...

DNA analysis of a juvenile Common Snipe on Corvo, Azores

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper The Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago is a rare breeding bird in the Azores archipelago, where breeding occurs in the moist, elevated plains and moors of the islands of SaÃÆo Miguel, Terceira, SaÃÆo Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo. Recent ...

Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...

Notes

01 March 2010 Comments Interactions between breeding Black Swans and Mute Swans in Cheshire & Wirral ...

From the Rarities Committee's files: A White-winged Black Tern in an unusually advanced state of moult

01 September 2002 Comments Main paper When evaluating records of non-passerine species, it is relatively commonplace for BBRC to review details of moult as part of the assessment process. The amount of published information on the timing and variability of moult tends to be limited, howeve...

The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: an analysis of conservation concern 2002–2007

01 September 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This is the third assessment of the population status of birds in the UK.The listing criteria are based on global conservation status, historical population declines, recent population declines (both in numbers and in geographical range), Euro...

Monthly marathon

01 September 2002 Comments Other There are probably few BB readers who did not immediately recognise the bird in photo number 188 (repeated here as plate 276) as a goose. Its apparent bulkiness quickly rules out any thoughts of a duck, while its short legs do not fit an ibis Threskior...

Reviews

01 September 2002 Comments Reviews WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS: THAMES VALLEY & THE CHILTERNS By Brian Clews and Paul Todd. Third edition (previously published as Where to Watch Birds in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire). Christopher Helm, A & C B...

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