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 July 1980
Comments Reviews Silent Death. By C.J. Cadbury. RSPB, Sandy, 1980. 27 pages; 1 blackand-white plate. £2.00. Birds of prey are seriously threatened in many parts of the world. In Britain, all have been fully protected for some years; moreover, the agricultural pes...
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Recent reports

01 July 1980
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. This report covers April, plus a few early May records; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to April. Throughout the month, the weather patterns were dominated by anticyclones: ...
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News and comment

01 July 1980
Comments News and comment 'Atlas of Seabirds at Sea' The Nature Conservancy Council and the Seabird Group have launched a project aimed at recording seabirds in the habitat where least is known about them: out at sea. One main aim is to produce an Atlas of Seabirds at S...
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Requests

01 July 1980
Comments Editorials 'BWP, volumes 4-7' With the recent publication of volume 2 of The Birds of the Western Palearctic and work well advanced on volume 3 (covering waders, gulls and terns), we are actively planning volume 4 (auks to woodpeckers) and the final three...
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Announcement

01 July 1980
Comments Editorials 'Frontiers of Bird Identification: a "British Birds" guide to some difficult species' This book will be published on 28th August 1980, price £7.95. All subscribers to British Birds can, however, obtain a copy at the special prepublication pric...
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