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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Seventy-five years ago

01 March 1986
Comments Other 'SHAG IN SUFFOLK. ON January 23rd, 1911, an immature Shag (Phalacrocorax graculus) was sent to me by post with a request to name it, and the following account of its capture:--"My son was riding his bicycle home the other evening about 7.30, and the bi...
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Recent reports

01 March 1986
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to December unless otherwise stated. Wet, cloudy, westerly weather with aboveaverage temperatures persisted throughout most of the month until 26th, ...
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Reviews

01 March 1986
Comments Reviews Log for Birdwatching. By Trevor Dolby. Charles Letts, London, 1985. 96 pages; many colour illustrations and line drawings. £2.95. One of a Letts series of pocket booklets covering various hobbies, the Log for Birdwatching illustrates and describe...
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News and Comment

01 March 1986
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Navy to the rescue. Many colonies of Gannets Sula bassana are festooned with tons of fishing-net remnants and nylon lines, and that on Les Etacs and Ortac in Alder...
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Request

01 March 1986
Comments Editorials Atlas of bird distribution in Sri Lanka Any observations of birds during the last 15 years in Sri Lanka will be welcomed for possible inclusion in a project to map the current distribution of all Sri Lankan birds. Records, which will be acknowledged, s...
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