Recent reports

01 May 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 11th March to 14th April 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Rhymney River Estuary (South Glamorgan), 15th March to at least 9th April. Sabine...
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Monthly reports: December 1988

01 May 1989 Comments News and comment An anticyclone developed quickly over Scandinavia on 1st, bringing chill easterly air, only to be replaced by cold northerlies on 5th, as another anticyclone took control from the west. The centre of high pressure subsequently moved south, but remained...
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Short reviews

01 December 1988 Comments Reviews The Dragonflies of Europe. By R. R. Askew, (Harley Books, Great Horkesley, 1988. 291 pages. £49.95.) Every species meticulously illustrated in colour with the text covering description of the adult, biology (behaviour, jizz, habitat, etc.), flight per...
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Notes

01 December 1988 Comments Notes Fulmar attempting to take young Raven from nest. On 29th April 1985, while walking along the cliffs at Yesnaby, Mainland, Orkney, I approached a traditional nest site of a Raven Corvus corax. From about 150 m, I looked through binoculars at the nest, w...
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