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Recent Reports

01 November 1998 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary of unchecked reports covers Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Quendale area (Shetland), 4th-6th October. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Deerness (Orkney), 29th September to 3rd October. Frank...

Announcements

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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 November 1998 Comments Editorials All records refer to 1998 unless stated otherwise. ACCEPTED: Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Minsmere (Suffolk), 26th May. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Eyebrook Reservoir (Leicestershire), 9th-10th May. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla ...

Looking Back

01 November 1998 Comments Other ...

Monthly Marathon

01 November 1998 Comments Other Although also named as Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, Greater Sand Plover C. leschenaultii, Caspian Plover C. asiaticus, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus and Isab...

News and Comment

01 November 1998 Comments News and comment ...

Report On Rare Birds In Great Britain In 1997

01 November 1998 Comments Main paper This is the fortieth annual Report of the Rarities Committee and, once again, it demonstrates the vital roles of the Report and the Committee. This is, perhaps, not surprising, as the Committee is the only body that liaises with the full network of Cou...

Letter

01 June 1939 Comments Letters SIRS,'--As Dr. Landsborough Thomson mentioned in the Report of t h e Bird-Ringing Committee (antea, Vol. X X X I I , p . 384), a pamphlet is being prepared on traps and trapping. Descriptions of some well-known methods such as t h e " Potter " trap, strin...

Reviews

01 June 1939 Comments Reviews Birds as Animals. By James Fisher. (Heinemann.) 12s. 6d. net. I N this book Mr, Fisher has, t o p u t it briefly, reviewed t h e life of t h e bird by reviewing t h e literature concerning it. H e gives a reference for every statement and his bibliography...

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