Notes

01 April 1992
Comments Notes Griffon Vulture drowning in sea. In the afternoon of 18th September 1988, we visited Cabo Trafalgar, Cadiz, southwest Spain, to look at seabirds. The wind was not very favourable, being strong easterly. After a while, we discovered a Griffon Vulture Gy...
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Raptor migration at Eilat

01 April 1992
Comments Main paper Raptor migration at Eilat. Hadoram Shirihai and David A. Christie.  Recent work has shown that Eilat in southern Israel is one of the best places in the world for observing migrating Palearctic raptors. This paper describes the huge raptor...
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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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Letters

01 December 1988
Comments Letters The identity of 'Mystery photograph 97'. In the light of 25 years' experience in studying Aythya hybrids, I do not consider that the bird in mystery photograph 97 {Brit Birds 77: plate 254; 78: plate 19; 81: plate 343) is a Tufted Duck A. fuligula X Po...
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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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