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Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2007

01 October 2008 Comments Main paper This is the fiftieth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee. This is not an insignificant milestone and, as last year's introduction alluded, there are a number of changes in personnel responsible for the production of this report. After... Read More

Notes

01 July 1958 Comments Notes Magpie burying and recovering food.--With reference to the note by Derek Goodwin on " J a y s and Carrion Crows recovering hidden food" (antea, vol. xlviii, pp. 181-183) and other comparable observations, a note on this habit in the Magpie (Pica pica) may... Read More

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper (Plates 41-44) ACCORDING to The Handbook two specimens of the Frigate Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), or White-faced Storm Petrel as it is called in the regions where it breeds, have occurred in Britain. One was found dead at Walney Island, Lancashire, in No... Read More

The wreck of Kittiwakes in Early 1957

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper T H E KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla) is an oceanic bird which breeds along the North Atlantic shores, down to about 40°N. At the end of the breeding season the birds move out to the open Atlantic and during the winter months they are found chiefly betwee... Read More