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13 March 2014 Comments Notes Two pairs of Kestrels nesting on one electricity pylon On 15 th April 1971, in an area of reinstated opencast land at Staveley, Derbyshire, loud trilling calls drew my attention to four Kestrels Falco tinnunculus on an electricity pylon. There were two ol...

Redpolls: a review of their taxonomy, identification and British status

09 December 2013 Comments Main paper Andy Stoddart Abstract For taxonomists and birders alike, redpolls have long posed complex problems. This paper reviews our progress in solving those problems. It summarises the history and nature of the taxonomic debates and, for...

Letters

01 April 2002 Comments Letters Having read the `Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2000' (Brit. Birds 94: 452-504), as well as several of the previous Reports, I feel that clarification is needed on the correct terminology to be used with regard to rare species the occurrence ...

The taxonomic status of Lesser Redpoll

01 June 2001 Comments Main paper Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret has until recently been widely regarded as a subspecies of Common Redpoll C.flammea. In the past, it was geographically isolated from other redpolls during the breeding season, but expansion of its range s...

Seventy-Five years ago

01 July 1987 Comments Other 'LITTLE OWLS BREEDING IN ESSEX. THE first I heard of the Little Owl (Athene n. noctua) in the neighbourhood of Felsted, was from Mr. Hughes-Hughes, of Leez Priory, who had been brought a specimen for identification at the end of 1909 by the bailiff on ...

Seventy-five years ago

01 April 1983 Comments Other 'The Little Owl (Athene noctua) cannot now be regarded as anything more than an introduced species in these islands owing to the fact that so many have been "turned down" in various parts of the country. The interest in its possible migrations to Engla...

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01 August 1981 Comments Notes Predation on Manx Shearwaters by grey seals On most evenings during early August 1976, large flocks of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus fed on the tide race between South Bishop Lighthouse and Ramsey Island, Dyfed. Regular gathering...