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01 November 1996 Comments Other The farther of the two birds in plate 144 was named as American Coot Fulica americana (80%), Red-knobbed (exCrested) Coot F. cristata (10%), Common Coot F. atra (7%) and Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (3%), and the nearer as Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisege...

Recent reports

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment Great Snipe Gallinago media At least 11 up to 1st October, including three on Fair Isle (Shetland) on 20th September. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Dumbarton (Strathclyde), 22nd-30th September. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Landguard (Suffolk), 2nd a...

News and comment

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment When the latest issue of your favourite magazine arrives through the letter box, do you open it and promptly shake it over the litter bin? All those inserts are presumably disposed of immediately in countless households, at least judging by the comment...

Looking Back

01 November 1996 Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'Nansen's Discovery of the Breeding Habits of Ross's Gull. The "Daily Chronicle" during the past few days has given us the first connected narrative from the pen of the "Hero of the "White North". This account of the greatest adv...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1995

01 November 1996 Comments Main paper After another year of excellent co-operation with many people, the British Birds Rarities Committee presents a comprehensive Report. The BBRC may be perceived as isolated and remote, but it is part of a network involving individual observers, county re...

Recent Reports

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th June to 11th July 1991 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake (both Co. Wexford), 6th7th July. Black Stork Ciconia nigra Stifflc...

News and Comment

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. British Birdwatching Fair 1991. The Fair is set to take place over the weekend of 30th August to 1st September and is expected to attract thousands of birdwatchers...

Requests

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials Entangled seabirds. A one-year project has been commissioned by the Tidy Britain Group to study six-pack and four-pack can-carriers in the marine environment. The study is concerned with the probability and methods of entanglement of seabirds by can-ea...

Announcements

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials 'BB' goes to Morocco. Morocco--one of the most exciting ornithological countries in the Western Palearctic--is the destination for a British Birefc-SUNBIRD trip in April 1992. The leaders will be SUNBIRD Director, Bryan Bland, and Rarities Committee Ch...

Letter

01 August 1991 Comments Letters Flight calls of Two-barred Crossbill .Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera has three main flight calls which are, in the vast majority of field situations, clearly distinct from those of other crossbills. Crossbill L. curvirostra and Parrot Crossbill ...

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