Monthly marathon

01 June 1993
Comments Other STAGE 1 (plate 18): Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (71%), Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata (10%), Greater Yellowlegs T. melanoleuca (4%) and Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes (3%), with 2 % or less each for 12 other species. STAGE 2 (plate 32): Leach's Sto...
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Bird Photograph of the Year

01 June 1993
Comments Main paper On 3rd February, the four judges faced a total of 120 colour transparencies submitted by 44 top bird-photographers, knowing that by the end of the day there had to be one winner. A daunting task, but, after six enthralling hours of study, discussion an...
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Mystery photographs

01 June 1993
Comments Main paper No prizes for identifying last month's photograph (plate 45, repeated here) as an immature gull. With no other species for comparison, its size is difficult to judge, so we must use plumage and structural characters to narrow the field. The combination...
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Twenty-five years ago...

01 June 1993
Comments Other On 13th June 1968, 'The first recorded British nest of the Bluethroat Luscinia svecica was found in the Moray Basin faunal area of Scotland' by Dr J. J. D. Greenwood, now Director of the BTO. (Brit. Birds 61: 524). Earlier, three LesserGrey Shrike...
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Announcements

01 June 1993
Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop The following books have been added this month: Clements & Principe Birds of the World--a check list: English Name Index and Supplement No. 1 (Ibis). Hosking, Hosking & Flegg Eric Hosking's Classic Birds: 60 years of b...
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Recent reports

01 June 1993
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 19th April to 16th May 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records   Marbled Duck Marmoretta angustirosiris Dungeness (Kent), 3rd May. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Male, Loch of Spiggie (S...
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European news

01 June 1993
Comments Main paper This regular six-monthly feature summarises information for the whole of Europe and adjacent parts of the Western Palearctic to complement the records published in the annual reports of the British Birds Rarities Committee and the Rare Breeding Birds P...
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Diary dates

01 June 1993
Comments Editorials 29th July to 13th August SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS' ANNUAL EXHIBITION (including display (if winning entries in 'Bird Illustrator of the Year' and ' The Richard Richardson Award' competitions). The Mall Galleries, T h e Mall, London SW1. Op...
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