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The migration of Common and Arctic Terns in southern England

01 April 2014 Comments Main paper By Keith Vinicombe Abstract Counts of Common Sterna hirundo and Arctic Terns S. paradisaea at Chew Valley Lake, Avon, are analysed over a 36-year period. These data are compared with counts from seawatching headlands on the s... Read More

Notes

01 March 2002 Comments Notes Is there a dark morph of the North African race of Long-legged Buzzard? Dificulties in determining the age of Arctic Terns in the field Sparrowhawk extracting Gret Tit from feeding cage Hunting method of Merlins in the breeding ... Read More

Inland spring passage of Arctic Terns in southern Britain

01 May 1995 Comments Main paper Inland spring passage through Britain of large numbers of Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea is not a recent phenomenon. A remarkable passage occurred in April 1947, related to a weather system which produced strong southwesterly gales during 19th-23rd: Ar... Read More

From the Rarities Committee's files: Blackpoll Warbler in Shetland

01 May 1993 Comments Main paper SPECIES Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata AGE First-year(?) PLACE Fair Isle, Shetland DATE 30th September 1991 TIME From 13.30 GMT until evening: total 2½ hours (in two periods) OBSERVER Mark I. Dowie OTHER OBSERVERS Dave Suddaby; also seen well by ... Read More