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From the Rarities Committee's files: Do we know what British 'soft-plumaged petrels' are?

01 August 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Sightings of `soft-plumaged petrels' Pterodroma mollis/madeira/feae in British waters have increased significantly in the last 20 years, and there has been a growing realisation that all the British birds show a suite of characters as... Read More

Fea's Petrel off Scilly: new to Britain

01 August 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae was seen from a boat approximately 10 km south of Scilly on 8th July 2001. Although there had been several previous sightings of Fea's/Zino's Petrels P. feae/madeira in British waters, this sigh... Read More

Notes

01 March 2005 Comments Notes Little Grebe swallowing small mammal Cream-coloured Courser showing feeding attachement to desert road Exceptional numbers of Oriental Plovers in southern Siberia in 2003 Ruffs feeding on contents of Giraffe's stomach Ta... Read More

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... Read More