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01 March 2011 Comments Letters Hawk Owl in Wiltshire ...

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 ...

The status of Caspian Gull in Malta

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Although gull-watching on Malta has been carried out by the authors for over 20 years, more systematic observations were under- taken during 2001-09. Sessions are held in most months, with more intensive effort from August to April, but especially during ...

DNA analysis of a juvenile Common Snipe on Corvo, Azores

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper The Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago is a rare breeding bird in the Azores archipelago, where breeding occurs in the moist, elevated plains and moors of the islands of SaÃÆo Miguel, Terceira, SaÃÆo Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo. Recent ...

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...

Notes

01 March 2010 Comments Interactions between breeding Black Swans and Mute Swans in Cheshire & Wirral ...

Bird Illustrator of the Year' and 'The Richard RichardsonAward'

01 July 1990 Comments Main paper For two of the judges, it was the twelfth meeting to pick the 'Bird Illustrator of die Year' and the occasion was still just as absorbing as the first. We have watched the standard of work rising over the years, although it is hardly surpris...

Obituary: Sir Hugh Elliott, Bt, OBE (1913-1989)

01 July 1990 Comments Main paper Sir Hugh Elliott, Bt, OBE (1913-1989). Once upon a time, back in the 1950s when I was still a discontented medical student frequenting the Bird Room at the British Museum (Natural History), I found a representative collection of birds of the inade...

Identification of Hume's Short-toed Lark

01 July 1990 Comments Main paper In February 1986, a Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris was seen and subsequently caught at Eilat, Israel: the first record for the Western Palearctic. Hume's Short-toed Lark breeds from eastern Iran through Afghanistan, northern Pakis...

Seventy-five years ago

01 July 1990 Comments Other 'CUCKOO' S METHOD OF DEPOSITING EGG. On May 19th, 1915,I visited an old friend of mine in Norfolk. He leads a very secluded life but is a keen observer of natural history and a man whose word one can trust implicitly. There are some ...

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