Notes

01 September 1998
Comments Notes The northeast Algerian breeding population of White Storks Ciconia ciconia normally leaves for sub-Saharan winter quarters in July and August, at the time when other long-legged marshbirds arrive to winter alongside the large resident population of Cat...
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Notes

01 December 1997
Comments Notes With reference to Philip Palmer's note and photograph (Brit. Birds 86: 627, plate 231), it is not unusual for Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus to perch on overhead wires in The Gambia. Others and I have observed this and, indeed, one birdwatcher born and br...
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Notes

01 September 1997
Comments Notes The 'Notes' section of British Birds has a history as long as that of the journal itself, providing the opportunity for mostly amateur birdwatchers--as well as the professionals--to record their observations for posterity. For many, this will be the fi...
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