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 reports and news

01 August 1958
Comments News and comment The items here are largely unchecked reports, and must not be regarded as authenticated records. They are selected, on the present writers' judgment alone, from sources generally found to be reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted for reasons of sp...
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Reviews

01 August 1958
Comments Reviews By D. A. BANNERMAN. Illustrated by G. E. Lodge. (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh), Vol. VI (I957)= 3 2 ° pages; 26 colour plates. Vol. VII (1958): 256 pages; 27 colour plates. ^ 3 3s. each. THE SIXTH VOLUME describes the storks, herons, Flamingo, swans, ge...
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Notes

01 August 1958
Comments Notes Eider's method of eating crabs.--On 16th December 1957 and subsequent days I had several first-winter Eiders (Somateria mollissima) under observation from the pier at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. They were seen diving from a range of a few yards and on returni...
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