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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...

Recent reports

01 October 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 11th August to 15th September 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Porthgwarra (Cornwall), singles on 13th and 14th August. Little Egret Egretta garze...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1987

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper ...

Monthly marathon

01 October 1989 Comments Other The bird in plate 236 was named by competitors as: Green-backed Butorides striatus (85%) Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis (7%) Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (4%) Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca (3%). The majority got it right; the superb photograph of a ...

PhotoSpot. 28. Canary Islands Chaffinch

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper For a nation to whom the common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs is so ubiquitous, the most striking features of the female Canary Islands Chaffinch F. teydea are not its similarities to that species, but its obvious differences: primarily, its larger ...

Mystery photographs

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper This small crouching passerine looks like a pipit Anthus, but has a seed-eater's bill. The tail is quite long, and the plumage is comparatively plain but for a fairly strong head pattern and some distinct streaking on the underparts. From this com...

Best recent black-and-white bird photographs

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper We present this year a selection of 15 photographs by six photographers. Tony Hamblin has had no less than six photographs included, an all-time record; it is the fourth year in which his photographs have been selected. Tony Bond's work is represented ...

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