Search

Letters

01 November 1994 Comments Letters Origin of European Pink-backed Pelicans. Following the report of a Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens in Spain (Brit. Birds 86: 374-375), and one near Sagrado, northeast Italy, in September 1992, as well as other observations farther north in Euro...

Reviews

01 November 1994 Comments Reviews Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. By Peter Clement. Illustrated by Alan Harris & John Davis. Christopher Helm Publishers, London, 1993. 500 pages; 73 colour plates; 44 line-drawings; over 280 distribution maps. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2. £29...

Announcements

01 November 1994 Comments Editorials The 'BB' Award for the Best Annual Bird Report Entries are invited for the fourth annual award (see accounts of the first, second and third awards, Brit. Birds 85: 299-308; 86: 163-165; 87: 171-173), which is open to all those clubs and societies in Br...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1993

01 November 1994 Comments Main paper This, the Rarities Committee's thirty-sixth annual report, details records of rare birds in 1993: a year with many highlights and much to interest the rare-bird enthusiast. The Committee has again been supported by the sponsorship of Carl Zeiss (Oberko...

Birds in Ireland during 1970-74

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper This is the fourth in an irregular series of summaries of observations of Irish birds. The previous three (Andrew 1964, Wallace 1967, Flegg 1971) have set the pattern which this one follows though with two variations. As foreshadowed by Flegg, records ...

A census of the Gannet nests on Grassholm in 1975

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper The history of the increase in the number of nests comprising the colony of Gannets Sula bassana on Grassholm is well documented, with records of periodic counts between 1860 and 1969. This short paper gives details of the 1975 count, the method used a...

Raptor migration across the Strait of Gibraltar

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper The concentrations of large soaring birds at short sea crossings when on migration have long been recognised as being among the most spectacular ornithological phenomena. These birds rely to a large extent on upcurrents, either thermal or relief-induce...

Reviews

01 March 1976 Comments Reviews Ducks of Britain and Europe. By M. A. Ogilvie. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1975. 206 pages; 15 pages of colour illustrations; numerous line drawings and maps. £5.00. For many ornithologists, and all wildfowlers, ducks have a special fa...

Notes

01 March 1976 Comments Notes Feeding behaviour of Buffleheads From late December 1973 to early February 1974, in Florida, USA, I found small parties of Buffleheads Bucephala albeola in markedly different habitats. In the Gulf of Mexico, in deep water, they actively and com...

Obituary: Charles Vaurie, DDS (1906-1975)

01 March 1976 Comments Obituaries Dr Charles Vaurie, Curator Emeritus at the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, died at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, on 13th May 1975 after a short illness. He was 68 years of age. Born in Beaulieu, Correze, F...

Stay at the forefront of British birding by taking out a subscription to British Birds.

Subscribe Now

Search

Letters

Reviews

Announcements

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1993

Birds in Ireland during 1970-74

A census of the Gannet nests on Grassholm in 1975

Raptor migration across the Strait of Gibraltar

Reviews

Notes

Obituary: Charles Vaurie, DDS (1906-1975)

Sign Up to our Newsletter