Recent reports

01 August 1994
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 20th June to 17th July 1994 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Flamborough Head (Humberside), 16th July. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Up to four, Tacumshi...
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Monthly marathon

01 August 1994
Comments Other PLATE 60: Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus (60%), Monk Vulture Aegypius monachus (31%), Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos (7%), and other vultures (2%). PLATE 72: Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (83%), Grey Phalarope P. fulicarius (16%), and ...
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News and comment

01 August 1994
Comments News and comment SERIOUSLY CONCERNED that the seas around our island are suffering from neglect and mismanagement, the RSPB, in launching its Marine Life Campaign, says urgent action is needed to protect the most important areas for wildlife and promote the sustainable...
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Announcements

01 August 1994
Comments Editorials 'Birds of Fair Isle': SPECIAL OFFER Nick Dymond's definitive book (see review Brit. Birds 85: 315) is now available POST FREE through British Bird Shop for £5.95 (published price £11.95). Please order using the form on pages ix & x. ...
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Notes

01 August 1994
Comments Notes Separation of Tawny Eagle from Steppe Eagle in Israel Tawny Eagle. Aquila rapax generally looks smaller and rather puny (and also, when perched, less elongated/horizontal) compared with Steppe Eagle A. nipalensis. Diagnostically, the North Af...
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Letters

01 August 1994
Comments Letters Those Ruddy Ducks. The status of the Ruddy Duck Oxyura jarnaicensis seems to be causing much heartache among birdwatchers at present (e.g. Brit. Birds 86: 338). The fact that it has started to hybridise with the small population of the endangered ...
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Twenty-five years ago

01 August 1994
Comments Other In August 1969, there was the start of a huge influx of Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea with over 19,000 bird-days from 250 localities. The peak came on 31st August, when there were at least 3,500 present. The all-time ringing total was more than...
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Reviews

01 August 1994
Comments Reviews Wildwatch Information System, version 2, with UKMap. 3.5-in. or 5.25-in. computer disc, 44-p. manual. Computer Concepts (Northern), South Shields, 1994. £79.00. Input your bird records with date, place, grid reference, numbers, etc., and output t...
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