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Canvasback in Kent: new to Britain

01 March 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A male Canvasback Aythya valisineria was recorded at Cliffe, Kent, on 7th December 1996.This has now been accepted as the first record for Britain; it preceded a more settled, and much more widely observed bird in Norfolk in January 1997.To da...

The identification of a hybrid Canvasback x Common Pochard: implications for the identification of vagrant Canvasbacks

01 March 2003 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The identification of a male hybrid Canvasback Aythya valisineria x Common Pochard A. ferina at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset, is discussed. The most important character for separating a pure-bred Canvasback from a similar ...

Recent reports

01 January 2001 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers the period 13th November 2000 to 1st January 2001. American Wigeon Anas americana Males at Rogerstown (Co. Dublin) and North Slob (Co. Wexford), both remaining through November into December. Black Duck Anas rub...

Recent reports

01 June 2000 Comments News and comment This summar y of unchecked reports covers the period 17th April to 15th May 2000. White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Between Catfirth and South Nesting (Shetland), 24th April; Gruinard Bay (Highland), 3rd May; Sound of Barra (Western Isles), 6th May; off...

Recent reports

01 March 2000 Comments News and comment This summar y of unchecked reports covers the period 17th January to 13th February 2000. Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Wells/Holkham (Norfolk), 27th January to 13th February. Black Duck Anas rubripes Females: Loch Fleet (Highland), 18th January ...

Monthly marathon

01 June 1994 Comments Other With that wing-stretching wader (plate 43 in the March issue), the sixth 'Monthly marathon' has been won. It was identified as Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (48%), Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes (36%) and seven other wader species. It was a Wood Sandpi...

Photographic studies of some less Familiar birds: LXIV. Alpine Accentor

01 June 1955 Comments Main paper (Plates 34-39) THOUGH it winters on lower ground, the Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) is confined in the breeding-season (May-August) to mountains from the tree limit to the snow line, and is perhaps most common a t heights of over 7,000 feet. Plate 3...

Notes

01 February 1933 Comments Notes ON May ist, 1932, at Leathcrcote Point, St. Margarets-atCliffe, 1 came across a bird which 1 identified as an Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris). It remained for some considerable time in the same area around some small low-lying bushes on the cliff edg...

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Canvasback in Kent: new to Britain

The identification of a hybrid Canvasback x Common Pochard: implications for the identification of vagrant Canvasbacks

Recent reports

Recent reports

Recent reports

Monthly marathon

Photographic studies of some less Familiar birds: LXIV. Alpine Accentor

Notes

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