Letters

01 November 1994 Comments Letters Origin of European Pink-backed Pelicans. Following the report of a Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens in Spain (Brit. Birds 86: 374-375), and one near Sagrado, northeast Italy, in September 1992, as well as other observations farther north in Euro...
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Reviews

01 November 1994 Comments Reviews Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. By Peter Clement. Illustrated by Alan Harris & John Davis. Christopher Helm Publishers, London, 1993. 500 pages; 73 colour plates; 44 line-drawings; over 280 distribution maps. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2. £29...
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Announcements

01 November 1994 Comments Editorials The 'BB' Award for the Best Annual Bird Report Entries are invited for the fourth annual award (see accounts of the first, second and third awards, Brit. Birds 85: 299-308; 86: 163-165; 87: 171-173), which is open to all those clubs and societies in Br...
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Reviews

01 December 1979 Comments Reviews The Orbis Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain and Europe. Edited by John Gooders. Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1971, and Orbis Publishing Ltd, 1978. Five volumes, first and last sent for review; hundreds of colour photographs, illustrations, maps, species acco...
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Recent Reports

01 December 1979 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers September, with several August and early October records; except where otherwise stated, dates refer to September. High pressure regions persisted for most of the month t...
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News and Comment

01 December 1979 Comments News and comment New NNRs Some 220 ha on the famous Ythan Estuary have been added to the existing 718 ha of the Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire. The reserve includes not only one of the largest and least disturbed dune...
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Diary dates

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials This list covers events taking place during January' to December 1980. We welcome submission of details for possible inclusion in the next list, covering July 1980 to June 1981.   4th-6th January BTO RINGING AND MIGRATION CONFERENCE. ...
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Requests

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials Norwegian and Swedish atlases Casual observations from visiting birdwatchers for named squares will be welcomed for inclusion in the atlases of breeding birds of Norway and Sweden. Experienced atlas fieldworkers willing to assist with the proje...
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Announcement

01 December 1979 Comments Editorials Swiss atlas The breeding bird atlas of Switzerland (Verbreitungsatlas der Brutvogel der Schweiz/Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de Suisse), covering 1972-76, with maps similar to those in the BTO/IWC Atlas and texts in both German and French, will b...
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