Notes

01 March 2006
Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Letters

01 March 2006
Comments Letters When Garner (2005) reviewed the `Fair Isle sandpiper' (FIS), his reasoning that the bird was not a Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri seemed compelling. It is not possible for statistics to prove that the bird was one species or another, since it deals o...
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News and Comment

01 November 2005
Comments News and comment Half of the infamous Altamont Pass windfarm near San Francisco, in California, will be shut down for four months from 1st November, at the tail-end of the migration season. The annual birdkill at Altamont is almost equivalent to the total number of tur...
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Reviews

01 November 2005
Comments Reviews BIRDS OF SOUTH ASIA – THE RIPLEY GUIDE By Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2005. Two volumes; 1,061 pages; 180 plates; 1,450 distribution maps, line diagrams, sonograms, etc. ISBN 84-87334-67-9. Hardback, £55....
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