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British Birds – January 2000

01 January 2000 Comments Latest issues ...

More than enough exotics?

01 January 2000 Comments Editorials ...

Identification of Ferruginous Duck and its status in Britain and Ireland

01 January 2000 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca has recently declined over much of its native range. It is a rare winter visitor to Britain and Ireland, currently averaging about 13 records a year, with higher numbers in occasional ...

Review: Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress

01 January 2000 Comments Reviews How can one review the Pro- ceedings of a conference that lasted five days, complete with simultaneous sessions on a huge diversity of topics? Suffice to say that, whatever your interests, you are very likely to find something, probably a great deal, o...

Lesser Frigatebird in Israel

01 January 2000 Comments Main paper Monday 1st December 1997 was the general proportions. There were, however, last day of our two-week birding trip to Israel, one which had suc- cessfully combined many of the local ‘spe- cialities’, some late migrants and, following a summ...

Conservation research news

01 January 2000 Comments News and comment Compiled by David Gibbons You are what you have eaten: stable-isotope analysis and conservation Traditionally, bird migration has been studied by marking individuals in one location and subsequently relocating them by resighting or re...

The occurrence of Moustached Warbler in Britain

01 January 2000 Comments Main paper There can be few species on the British List so shrouded with doubt and controversy as Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon. There have been five records accepted, involving ten individuals. Two records, con- cerning three individu...