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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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 July 1997 Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most-recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Monthly Marathon

01 July 1997 Comments Other The answers to both the tenth and the eleventh hurdles (plates 49 and 57) will be given next month; the twelfth appears below (plate 65). The first person to accumulate at least ten correct answers, and also achieve a higher total than any other compet...
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Looking Back

01 July 1997 Comments Other Twenty-five years ago, in July/August 1972, Two-barred Crossbills Loxia leucoptera came along in the wake of the 'marked (but not massive)' invasion of Common Crossbills L. curvirostra noted last month. (Brit. Birds 66: 353). ...
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Announcements

01 July 1997 Comments Editorials Please order all your bird-books through 'BB' using British BirdShop. You will get them post free, and Subbuteo will pay a percentage, which will be used to subsidise issues of 'BB'. Thus, as a subscriber, you will gain too. Please order all your bird-...
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