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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

01 November 1998 Comments Editorials ...

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...

Notes

01 May 1989 Comments Notes Cable-roosting by Cormorants. On 29th March 1986, at the Cottam power station, on the River Trent, Nottinghamshire, I saw approximately 25 Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo fishing, or perching on a washed-up tree. Whenever a boat approached, th...

Namaqua Doves breeding in Israel

01 May 1989 Comments Main paper The Namaqua Dove Oena capensis is found in south and east Africa, on Madagascar and in Saudi Arabia, ranging up to 20°N. According to Cramp (1985), the Namaqua Dove breeds within the West Palearctic only in the extreme south of Algeria, with vagrants ...

Mystery photographs

01 May 1989 Comments Main paper The bird depicted last month (plate 121, repeated here) is clearly a pipit Anthus, but which one? In the absence of essential information, such as size, call and location, it is necessary to evaluate all available structural and plumage detail. The&nbs...

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