Recent reports

01 December 1993
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 18th October to 14th November 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records   Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis North Ronaldsay (Orkney), 1st November. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Near De...
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Reviews

01 December 1993
Comments Reviews Great Auk Islands: a field biologist in the Arctic. By Tim Birkhead . Illustrated by David Quinn. T. & A. D. Poyser, London, 1993. 275 pages; 14 colour plates; 91 black-and-white plates; 36 line-drawings. ISBN 0-85661-077-1. £22.00....
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Notes

01 December 1993
Comments Notes Common Buzzard taking Common Teal in flight On 24th November 1985, at Milngavie Reservoir, Lanarkshire, I saw a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo drop on to a Common Teal Anas crecca in flight and carry it off. The duck had taken off with a flock of...
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