Letters

01 May 1996
Comments Letters In October 'News and comment' (Brit. Birds 88: 489), Shelley Hinsley's letter in the New Scientist about feeding peanuts in the summer was quoted. Readers may feel that this reference indicated the wholesale death of nestling tits Parus nationwide thro...
Read More

Letters

01 October 1985
Comments Letters Distinction between Mandarin and Wood Duck in female-type plumages. A comprehensive description of differences between Mandarin Aix galericulata and Wood Duck A. sponsa was given by C. Holt {Brit. Birds 11: 227-232). As he noted, however, some of the c...
Read More

Recent reports

01 October 1985
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in the report refer to July unless otherwise stated. A brief spell of hot, continental weather, with air arriving from the southeast, lasted until 5th, when the cooler, u...
Read More

Stay at the forefront of British birding by taking out a subscription to British Birds.

Subscribe Now