Mystery photographs

01 November 1993
Comments Main paper The fairly long neck, pot belly, short and slightly decurved bill, and scaly upperparts readily suggest that our mystery bird (plate 217 on page 566) is a Calidris wader, or perhaps a Ruff Philomachus pugnax. Discerning the size of a lone wader in the ...
Read More

The Armenian Gull in Armenia

01 November 1993
Comments Main paper Interest in the Armenian Gull Lams [argentatus) armenicus* has increased dramatically since the realisation that this gull showed a characteristic black band on the bill (e.g., Geroudet 1982; Hume 1983; Cramp & Simmons 1983; Dubois 1985; Grant 1988...
Read More

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...
Read More

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

Subscribe Now