Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010
Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...
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Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010
Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...
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Monthly marathon

01 February 2003
Comments Other I think most people will recognise the slim, brownish passerine with heavily streaked underparts in photograph 193 (Brit. Birds 95: plate 322, repeated here as plate 58) as some kind of pipit Anthus. That much is easy, but pipits are one group...
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News and Comment

01 February 2003
Comments News and comment In Spain, the Sociedad Española de Ornitologí­a (SEO) has estimated that up to 40,000 seabirds were killed in the first month of the oil spill from the sunken tanker Prestige. The worst-affected species were Razorbill Alca torda, Atlantic Puffin Fra...
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Announcements

01 February 2003
Comments Editorials We are delighted to announce that Dawn Balmer has accepted our invitation to join the BB Editorial Board, from 1st February. Dawn brings the membership of the Board to seven, including the current Editor. Dawn currently works for the BTO as a Research ...
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