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Letters

01 March 2011 Comments Letters Hawk Owl in Wiltshire ...

Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010 Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...

The status of Caspian Gull in Malta

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Although gull-watching on Malta has been carried out by the authors for over 20 years, more systematic observations were under- taken during 2001-09. Sessions are held in most months, with more intensive effort from August to April, but especially during ...

DNA analysis of a juvenile Common Snipe on Corvo, Azores

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper The Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago is a rare breeding bird in the Azores archipelago, where breeding occurs in the moist, elevated plains and moors of the islands of SaÃÆo Miguel, Terceira, SaÃÆo Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo. Recent ...

Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010 Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...

Notes

01 March 2010 Comments Interactions between breeding Black Swans and Mute Swans in Cheshire & Wirral ...

Understanding sonograms

01 July 2000 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Although sonograms are being used more and more to portray bird sounds, many people find them hard to understand. Once understood, however, they can be useful to the amateur as well as to the professional, so long as one does not try to read t...

Studies of re-established Red Kites in England

01 July 2000 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The Red Kite Milvus milvus was formerly common and widespread throughout Britain, but by the end of the nineteenth century, as a direct result of human persecution, it had been reduced to a handful of pairs in mid Wales. In 1989, a re-establis...

A new era for British Birds

01 July 2000 Comments Main paper We apologise to our readers for the late arrival of the June issue, and, we trust, for the rather-less-late arrival of this copy. We hope to be back on course by the September issue. There have been major changes, in particular in ownership, while from...

Recent BBRC decisions

01 July 2000 Comments News and comment This monthly listing of the most recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual `Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest sp...

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