Recent reports

13 March 2014
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The previous summary {Brit. Birds, 65: 267-268) covered most of the rarities and scarce migrants in March. Here we deal with the departure of certain winter visitors and the arrival of spring ...
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News and comment

13 March 2014
Comments News and comment Wildfowl Trust expansion The Wildfowl Trust has announced plans for a major refuge and waterfowl collection in Lancashire. The chosen site is that of the former Martin Mere, between Southport and Burscough Bridge, which was drained for agriculture in the ...
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Letters

13 March 2014
Comments Letters Danish White Storks in south-west England I was very interested in J. B. Bottomley's article on the wanderings of three young White Storks Ciconia ciconia from FrØstrup, Denmark, in September 1971 (Brit. Birds, 65: 4-5, plates 1-3). During the summ...
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Notes

13 March 2014
Comments Notes Moorhen completely submerging for more than a minute On 16 th January 1972 James Parkin and I were walking along the bank of the River Eden near Musgrave, Westmorland, when we saw a Moorhen Gallinula chloropus disappear into a pool about 2 5 metres away. ...
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Corrections

01 December 1995
Comments Editorials 'Iceland Gulls from the "Braer" disaster, Shetland 1993.' Page 21, in footnote, definition of bursa should read 'Pouch on wall of cloaca found only in very young birds'; page 22, 'Discussion', line 15: 'one' should read 'none'. 136-140 'Kentish Plovers...
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Recent reports

01 December 1995
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 16th October to 12th November 1995. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Auk Alle alle Strong northerly passage along east-facing coasts involvi...
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Monthly marathon

01 December 1995
Comments Other The seventh 'Marathon' was won by Peter Sunesen (Brit. Birds 88: 560), who joins the elite band of expert bird-identifiers who have won SUNBIRD holidays: Pekka J. Nikander (who chose to go to Thailand), Anthony McGeehan (Arctic Canada), Ralph Hobbs (Ke...
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