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Plumages and calls of ‘Hornemann’s Redpolls’

01 September 2018 Comments Notes From 15th to 19th March 2018, I visited Kangerlussuaq, in western Greenland. Though lying at ...

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Monthly marathon

01 April 2000 Comments Other February's mystery bird (plate 71, repeated here as plate 116) is clearly a medium-sized leaf-warbler Phylloscopus. There are no obvious wing-bars or tertial tips, and apparently no central crown stripe, so we can immediately rule out a number of speci...

Arctic Redpoll ID

01 February 2000 Comments Main paper The identification of Arctic Redpolls Carduelis hornemanni has been exhaustively covered, and the main criteria used to separate them from Common Redpolls C. flammea have been well described (Lansdown et al. 1991; Stoddart 1991; Czaplak 1995; ...

The influx of redpolls into Western Europe,1995/96

01 February 2000 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Winter 1995/96 saw a huge influx of Common Redpolls Carduelis flammea and Arctic Redpolls C. hornemanni into Britain and Western Europe. Two forms of redpoll were involved, the nominate race of Common Redpoll C. f. flamme...

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Plumages and calls of ‘Hornemann’s Redpolls’

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Monthly marathon

Arctic Redpoll ID

The influx of redpolls into Western Europe,1995/96

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