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01 December 2009 Comments Letters The two outlying Orkney islets north of Cape Wrath usually known to ornithologists as Sule Skerry and Sule Stack, and on charts as Sule Skerry and Stack Skerry (Brit. Birds 100: 300–­304), present problems of nomenclature. Until recently, `Solan Gee... Read More

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2006

01 December 2009 Comments Main paper This is the forty-ninth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee. It is also the first report in the post-Mike Rogers era, the last that will be compiled primarily by Pete Fraser, and the last one with an introduction from me. Nigel Hudson... Read More

Notes on the summer food of the Kestrel in northern Ireland

01 April 1965 Comments Main paper Fakotinnunculusis perhaps the most common member of the Falconiform.es to be found in the British Isles and, as such, its prey in England has been the subject of a number of papers, notably those of Ellis (1946), Davis (i960) and Simms (1961). However, ve... Read More

The Spread of the Collared Dove in Britain and Ireland

01 April 1965 Comments Main paper Streptopelia decaocto has the distinction of being the only species (other than feral ones) which is not included in the 1952 Checklist of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, but which has now been seen within these islands by all bird-watchers with a... Read More