Recent reports

01 April 2000 Comments News and comment This summar y of unchecked reports covers the period 14th February to 12th March 2000. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Longstayer in Lancashire, until 9th March. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Rossbeag (Co. Kerry), 13th Februar y. Red-breasted Goose Brant...
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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...
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News and Comment

01 April 2000 Comments News and comment This summer's British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water will take place from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th August (put it in your diary now). Last year's Fair raised the record sum of £130,000 for conservation projects associated with the coastal forest...
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Reviews

01 April 2000 Comments Reviews BARN-OWLS TO HUMMINGBIRDS Edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & Jordi Sargatal. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 1999. 759 pages; 76 colour plates; numerous photographs; box features; 736 species accounts with maps. ISBN 84-87334-25-3. Hardback, £11...
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Letters

01 April 2000 Comments Letters I was interested to read the recent letters (Brit. Birds 92: 484-485) concerning possible causes of injuries to seabirds' feet. I observed a similar incident some years ago, which showed the speed at which fish can remove a bird's feet, though in this ...
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