Notes

01 May 2011
Comments Notes European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus is separated from Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus by several key features (flight behaviour, structure, plumage) but field guides typically emphasise its white underwing-covert panels. These are form...
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Notes

01 May 1932
Comments Notes IN the Practical Handbook of British Birds, Vol. I., p. 501, it is stated that " t h e British Dipper (Cinclus c, gularis) is very scarce in . . . Durham". This statement is certainly misleading, as the Dipper is plentifully distributed on the banks of a...
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