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Sunning in sub-Saharan Africa

01 April 2021 Comments Notes On 13th March 2020, CRB and JO observed a White Wagtail Motacilla alba sunning at Tanji Beach, The Gambia. At 11.55 GMT, a brightly marked White Wagtail landed on a sandy beach, walked towards the debris line without feeding and abruptly lay on ...

Ageing criteria for the Black-browed Albatross

05 May 2015 Comments Main paper By Bob Flood, Asley Fisher and John Gale Abstract The basics of moult, wear, plumage and bill colour are described and illustrated for the Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris. Ageing criteria are presented for birds ...

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01 June 2011 Comments Notes On 13th July 2010, while returning from a singlehanded voyage to west Greenland, I had a close encounter with, and was able to pho- tograph, a Black-browed Albatross Thalas- sarche melanophris (plate 184). It was at about 10.00 hrs local time, and my posi...

Moult and ageing in Black-browed Albatrosses

01 June 2010 Comments Short paper The Black-browed Albatross ...

Proposed criteria for BBRC assessment of claims of ‘Amur Wagtail’

01 May 2010 Comments Main paper ...

‘Amur Wagtail’ in County Durham: new to Britain and the Western Palearctic

01 May 2010 Comments Open Access ...

Sighting of Colour-ringed 'alba' wagtails

01 September 2006 Comments Editorials During autumn 2005, over 500 White/Pied Wagtails Motacilla alba alba/yarelli were colour-marked at Slapton Ley NNR, Devon, as part of an intensive study investigating the origins of the many thousands of wagtails (currently estimated at 30,00050,000)...

Wanted – sightings of colour-ringed wagtails

01 August 2006 Comments Editorials During autumn 2005, over 500 White/Pied Wagtails Motacilla alba alba/yarelli were colour-marked at Slapton Ley NNR, Devon, as part of an intensive study investigating the origins of the many thousands of wagtails (currently estimated at 30,000–50,0...

The generic status of Black-browed Albatross and other albatrosses

01 November 2002 Comments Main paper ...

Identification and ageing of Black-browed Albatross at sea

01 June 2000 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris is the most frequently recorded of all vagrant albatrosses in the North Atlantic.This paper provides guidelines to identify the species and to help in ageing immatures at sea.The Black-browed Alb...

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Sunning in sub-Saharan Africa

Ageing criteria for the Black-browed Albatross

Notes

Moult and ageing in Black-browed Albatrosses

Proposed criteria for BBRC assessment of claims of ‘Amur Wagtail’

‘Amur Wagtail’ in County Durham: new to Britain and the Western Palearctic

Sighting of Colour-ringed 'alba' wagtails

Wanted – sightings of colour-ringed wagtails

The generic status of Black-browed Albatross and other albatrosses

Identification and ageing of Black-browed Albatross at sea

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