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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Birds in Ireland during 1970-74

01 March 1976
Comments Main paper This is the fourth in an irregular series of summaries of observations of Irish birds. The previous three (Andrew 1964, Wallace 1967, Flegg 1971) have set the pattern which this one follows though with two variations. As foreshadowed by Flegg, records ...
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Reviews

01 March 1976
Comments Reviews Ducks of Britain and Europe. By M. A. Ogilvie. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1975. 206 pages; 15 pages of colour illustrations; numerous line drawings and maps. £5.00. For many ornithologists, and all wildfowlers, ducks have a special fa...
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Notes

01 March 1976
Comments Notes Feeding behaviour of Buffleheads From late December 1973 to early February 1974, in Florida, USA, I found small parties of Buffleheads Bucephala albeola in markedly different habitats. In the Gulf of Mexico, in deep water, they actively and com...
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