Notes

01 September 1997
Comments Notes The 'Notes' section of British Birds has a history as long as that of the journal itself, providing the opportunity for mostly amateur birdwatchers--as well as the professionals--to record their observations for posterity. For many, this will be the fi...
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Mystery Photographs

01 September 1997
Comments Main paper Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria, the North American counterpart of the familiar Green Sandpiper T. ochropus, is a rare transatlantic visitor to Europe, where the majority have been in Britain & Ireland (29 individuals up to the end of 1995...
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Reviews

01 January 1945
Comments Reviews The Duck Decoys of Essex. By W. E. Glegg. Essex Naturalist, Vol. xxvii, 1943-4, PP- 191-207 and 211-225, MR. W. E . GLEGG in this scholarly paper brings up to date his extensive knowledge of t h e Essex decoys and includes an interesting account of the ar...
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Notes

01 January 1945
Comments Notes reference to Capt. A. C. Fraser's note on this subject (antea, p. 94), I have the following note in my diary for December ioth, 1943 :-- Watched three Bullfinches (one male and two females) They were low down on Snowberry (Symphoricarpus) shrubs and at t...
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Departure of Swifts

01 January 1945
Comments Main paper THE arrival and departure of migrants are usually recorded by the dates upon which the first and last birds are seen. The arrival date of the first bird of any migrant species is usually fairly close to the arrival of the main bulk of that species : even ...
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