Firecrests in Britain

04 July 2017
Comments Main paper By Rob Clements, Marcus Ward and Russell Wynn Abstract A marked surge in the number of breeding Firecrests Regulus ignicapilla since 2000 is apparent in some parts of southern England. Intensive survey work in a large...
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Mystery Photographs

01 December 1984
Comments Main paper It should have been fairly obvious, from the longish, down-curved bill, dark primaries and absence of a central wing-stripe, that the bird in plate 239 (repeated as 246) was a species of curlew or whimbrel Numenius. Readers having had the opportunity f...
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