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BB eye – The buzz of ‘nocmig’

01 August 2018 Comments Editorials ...

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...

The increasing Firecrest population in the New Forest, Hampshire

03 May 2012 Comments Main paper ...

Habitat of territorial Firecrests in north Norfolk

01 May 2012 Comments Main paper Abstract ...

Throat-touching by grebes

01 December 1979 Comments Main paper Prinzinger (1974) described and figured an enigmatic 'breast-looking' movement ('das Vor-die-Brust-Schauen') of the Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis, the function of which he could not determine even though observing it at close range. Shortly a...

Adaptations in the reproductive biology of the Great Crested Grebe

01 October 1974 Comments Main paper The Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus shows many striking and puzzling features in its reproductive biology, these being the subject of the present paper which is primarily concerned with adaptive aspects. My own studies on this species, which inv...

The colonisation of England by the Firecrest

01 April 1973 Comments Main paper There seems little doubt that the Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus has become a more regular visitor to Britain during this century. Bannerman (1953) stated, 'formerly considered an irregular visitor to our shores, the Firecrest is now recognised as an a...

Pellet-ejection by hand-reared Great Crested Grebes

01 August 1972 Comments Main paper There are few records of pellet-ejection by grebes. The habit has been observed in the Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis by the late Major Maxwell Knight (D. E. Hanson in lift.) and in the Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus and Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbu...

Firecrests breeding in Buckinghamshire

01 November 1971 Comments Main paper On 28th May 1971, while censusing the birds of a Forestry Commission plantation near Wendover, Buckinghamshire, I heard and later saw a male Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus singing about eight metres up in a Norway spruce Picea abies. The plantation is dom...

Diving times of grebes

01 January 1968 Comments Main paper During August to October 1966 I made regular observations on the diving of the Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podkeps which lived in a well-defined territory on the west side of Chew Valley Lake, Somerset (Ladhams, Prytherch and Simmons 1967). The results p...

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BB eye – The buzz of ‘nocmig’

Firecrests in Britain

The increasing Firecrest population in the New Forest, Hampshire

Habitat of territorial Firecrests in north Norfolk

Throat-touching by grebes

Adaptations in the reproductive biology of the Great Crested Grebe

The colonisation of England by the Firecrest

Pellet-ejection by hand-reared Great Crested Grebes

Firecrests breeding in Buckinghamshire

Diving times of grebes

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