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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Letter

01 September 1982
Comments Letters Mortality of Sparrowhawks and Kestrels The findings of Newton et al. (Brit. Birds 75: 195-204) are similar in most respects to ours (Keymer et al. 1981). We wish to comment, however, on some important differences, especially regarding...
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Notes

01 September 1982
Comments Notes Male Montagu's Harrier with broad white rump patch On 19th June 1978, south of the River Guadalquivir near Lebrija, Spain, D.J. Fisher, S.J. M. Gantlett and I saw a male Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus which was typical in every way of an adu...
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Mystery photographs

01 September 1982
Comments Main paper With really good views there is no problem in separating Bridled Sterna anaethetus and Sooty Terns S. fuscata. Only one other species comes into the reckoning: in view of the recent addition of Aleutian Tern S. aleutica to the western Palearctic list, ...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 September 1982
Comments Other 'DARTFORD WARBLER IN CORNWALL.--Dr. Clark says that it was unrecorded after the hard winter of 1886-7 until May, 1889, when one was seen at Hayle. In April, 1904, a nest was found near Penryn, and in 1905 one at Linkinhorne, and another at St. Buryan.'...
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