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The 'North American' Peregrine Falcon in Britain: A review on behalf of the British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee

01 March 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The BOU Records Committee has reviewed two previously accepted British records of `North American' Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum. The first was alleged to have been obtained in Leicestershire in October 1891, and the second...

The 'soft-plumaged petrel' complex: a review of the literature on taxonomy, identification and distribution

01 January 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This paper reviews the literature concerning the taxonomy, identification and distribution of the `soft-plumaged petrel' Pterodroma feae/madeira/mollis complex in the Western Palearctic.There are no known consistent plumage difference...

The 1864 Wiltshire 'Steppe Buzzard' A review on behalf of the British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee

01 May 2003 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT As part of its continuing review of records in Category B of the British List, the BOU Records Committee re-examined the specimen record of a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo shot at Everleigh, Wiltshire, in September 1864. Although this sp...

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01 March 1993 Comments Notes P r e s u m e d Red-crested Pochard X Northern Pintail hybrid. On 30th August and 6th October 1990, and during August 1991, at Rutland Water, Leicestershire, I observed what I presumed to be a male Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina X Northern Pintail An...

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01 January 1991 Comments Notes Cormorants drinking in flight. Wigeon head-shaking while feeding. Pair of Mallards eating cherry blossomPrey-capture technique of PeregrineOystercatcher with breast pierced by billA field character for ident...

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01 November 1983 Comments Notes Division of parental care by Mute Swans In May 1978, at Marazion marsh, Cornwall, a pair of Mute Swans Cygnus olor reared three cygnets. In the first four weeks the family remained intact, keeping near the nest site in pools. During this period...

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01 December 1981 Comments Notes Leach's Petrel possibly feeding on worm O n 30th September 1978, at Formby Point, Merseyside, D r B. McCarthy, myself and others were watching a large southerly movement of Leach's Petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa, many of which were pa...

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01 September 1973 Comments Notes Unusual hunting behaviour of Sparrowhawks During February 1972, at Benacre, Suffolk, I spent several hours observing a pair of Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus hunting over a particular field which had been left to seed. This field was the feeding ...

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The 'North American' Peregrine Falcon in Britain: A review on behalf of the British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee

The 'soft-plumaged petrel' complex: a review of the literature on taxonomy, identification and distribution

The 1864 Wiltshire 'Steppe Buzzard' A review on behalf of the British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee

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