Notes

01 June 2007 Comments Notes Slavonian Grebe breeding with Great Crested Grebe Puffin with exceptionally heavy tick infestation Eurasian Sparrowhawk attacking Soprano Pipistrelle bat Reed Warbler apparently using willow-bark pieces in nest construction ...
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Mystery photographs

01 September 1994 Comments Main paper A quick glance at the bill of this month's mystery bird (plate 116, on page 442) should have quickly narrowed down the options to a finch (Fringillidae), bunting (Emberizidae) or sparrow (Passeridae). A closer look at the bill reveals a distinct 'S' sh...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1994 Comments Other The two birds shown in plate 94 were named as White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons (37%), Bean Geese A. fabalis (35%), Pink-footed Geese A. brachyrhynchus (14%), Greylag Geese A. anser (8%) and Lesser White-fronted Geese A. erythropus (6%), wi...
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News and comment

01 September 1994 Comments News and comment TRAVELLING in the north of England recently, we came across an interesting piece of wet-meadow land. It did not cover a great area, yet a few breeding Eurasian Curlews Nummius arquata were bubbling overhead and obviously had young nearby. An occasional...
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The Carl Zeiss award

01 September 1994 Comments Main paper The Carl Zeiss Award is presented every year as an encouragement to photographers to submit to the British Birds Rarities Committee prints and transparencies which might be helpful during the process of assessment of records of rare birds. Attention is...
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