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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...

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...

Rare breeding birds panel

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Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain

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Letters

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Guidelines for rarities committees

01 July 1993 Comments Editorials The international meeting of rarities committees held on Texel, Netherlands, during 12th-20th October 1991, agreed a set of guidelines for rarities committees. The British delegate at this meeting, representing the British Birds Rarities Committee...

Rarities Committee news and announcements

01 July 1993 Comments Editorials Committee membership is listed on the inside front cover each month, and on the back of the title page. In the absence of further nominations {Brit. Birds 85: 330-333), Andy Stoddart started his term of membership on 1st April 1993, replacing John Marc...

The Red Kite in Wales: setting the record straight

01 July 1993 Comments Main paper It has been generally accepted for the past 80 years that the British population of Red Kites Milvus milvus reached its lowest ebb about 1905, and then recovered, slowly and hesitantly, under protection. There is now good reason to suppose that in fact...

Seasonal reports: Autumn 1992

01 July 1993 Comments News and comment July's weather was cloudy and wet, and rather warm, particularly in the second half, and this continued into the firsl ten days of August Generally, August was unsettled and windy, and very wet: in fact, the wettest over England and Wales since 1956 an...

Letters

01 July 1993 Comments Letters Naw Herring Gull taxonomy. The recent editorial decision (Brit. Birds 86: 1-2) to adopt splitting Herring Gull into three species L. argentatus, L. cachinnans and L. armenicus, although in line with current trends in avian taxonomy, seems highly c...

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Notes

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Rare breeding birds panel

Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain

Letters

Guidelines for rarities committees

Rarities Committee news and announcements

The Red Kite in Wales: setting the record straight

Seasonal reports: Autumn 1992

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