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Mystery photographs

01 May 1982 Comments Main paper This quite striking bird probably didn't immediately 'click' - it certainly didn't with me! It is obviously a tern, and it does not look large. But which one has such a bold pattern? The relatively large head, large eye and bulky wing do not sugge...

Points of view. 1. County bird reports: what use are they?

01 May 1982 Comments Main paper Most birdwatchers, including myself, dutifully submit records to the county report editors every year. Why do we do it? Well, it is satisfying to see one's personal observations appearing in print, especially when one's initials are put alongside some ...

Photograph of the Year

01 May 1982 Comments Main paper The number of entries for this year's competition remained at a high level (128 transparencies by 50 photographers) and the general standard was exceptionally good and seems to improve each year: there were almost no dud entries this time. The judges f...

Rare birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 1980

01 April 1982 Comments Main paper ...

Wigeon X Chiloe Wigeon hybrid resembling American Wigeon

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper It has been established that some interspecific hybrids among ducks and geese (Anatidae) strongly resemble one parent or even another species altogether, thus causing problems in field-identification. An extreme case in Britain is the hybrid Pochard Ay...

Studies of less familiar birds: 147. Cory's Shearwater

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper Various changes have been made in the scientific nomenclature of Cory's Shearwater since the publication of The Handbook of British Birds (1938-41). Not only has the specific name kuhlii been replaced by diomedea, in accordance with the rale of priorit...

Little Swift in Co. Cork

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper On the evening of 12th June 1967, on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, I was sitting on top of a steep ridge overlooking Cummer, a narrow col situated between the north and south harbours. The soft evening light was directly behind me and it was perfectly c...

Obituary: William Maitland Congreve, MC(1883-1967)

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper Major W. M. Congreve died in his sleep at his home in Bradford-onAvon, Wiltshire, on 31 st December 1967, All who met 'Mait' Congreve in later life will recall with admiration his determined efforts to overcome his handicap of an advancing and cripplin...

Influx of Great Shearwaters in autumn 1965

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper From August to October 1965 unprecedented concentrations of Great Shearwaters Puffinus gravis, with smaller numbers of Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea, were recorded off the western and northern coasts of Britain and Ireland. There was also an ...

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