Volume 84 Issue 8 | British Birds

The 'British Birds' Award for The Best Annual Bird Report

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials Entries are invited for this new annual award, open to all clubs and societies in Britain and Ireland which publish an annual bird report. The aim of the award is to provide public acknowledgment of the high quality of publications which may gener...

Bird Illustrator of the Year' and 'The Richard Richardson Award'

01 August 1991 Comments Main paper The day of judging the 'Bird Illustrator of the Year' competition is one to which we all look forward with anticipation, and once again we were not disappointed. This is the fourth year of sponsorship of the competition by Kowa telescopes, and we are g...

Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1991 Comments Other 'On July 6th, 1916, at the University of St. Andrews, Mr W. Eagle Clarke received the honorary degree of LL.D. We congratulate Mr Eagle Clarke on this well-earned reward for his many years of valuable scientific work, especially in connexion with the m...

Product reports

01 August 1991 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

Obituary: Eric Hosking (1909-1991)

01 August 1991 Comments Obituaries The death of Eric Hosking on 23rd February, at the age of 81, robbed ornithology and the general public of a much-loved and much-adrnired figure. His work was a major contribution to ornithology and he leaves a priceless legacy in his pictures.&nb...

Mystery photographs

01 August 1991 Comments Main paper A small passerine perches on a dead reed and causes instant consternation. Its seed-eating bill and prominent malar stripe, but otherwise drab plumage, and the suggestion of white outer-tail feathers confirm that it is a bunting Emberiza. No European s...

Reviews

01 August 1991 Comments Reviews Bird Recorder: personal computer bird records system (World version). Computer disc. Wildlife Computing and Photographic Services, Colchester, 1990. 360K 5.25" or 720K 3.5". £50.00. (West Palearctic list version £37.50). Tested on a 368 Elonex PC wit...

Short reviews

01 August 1991 Comments Reviews The Good Birdwatchers Guide. By Peter Jennings. (Ficedula Books, Llandrindod Wells, 1991. 482 pages. Paperback £9.95). Some 2,500 birdwatching sites in Britain get three to ten lines each. Access information uses grid references, making OS maps essent...

Monthly marathon

01 August 1991 Comments Other Competitors found the eye-level, rear view of the flying raptor (plate 117) far less of a problem than the previous month's front view of the flying Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (plate 110), which knocked everyone back to the start line. Answers w...

Seasonal reports Winter 1990/91

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment After the wet, stormy end to October 1990, the weather in November quietened down considerably, and the month as a whole was dry and unusually sunny, particularly in the south and west of England. From 9th, fronts from the Atlantic brought rain in slow...

Status of seabirds in northern Norway

01 August 1991 Comments Main paper The seabird breeding populations in the western Barents Sea and the northern parts of the Norwegian Sea are among the largest in the world. Recent baseline studies indicate that at least half the species occur in numbers of international importance and...

Notes

01 August 1991 Comments Notes Alert posture of Yellow-billed and Great White Egrets. Great White Egrets Egretta alba occur in winter in West Africa alongside Yellow-billed Egrets E. intermedia. While a close view of the head and facial structure will serve to separate them, the two...

Letter

01 August 1991 Comments Letters Flight calls of Two-barred Crossbill .Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera has three main flight calls which are, in the vast majority of field situations, clearly distinct from those of other crossbills. Crossbill L. curvirostra and Parrot Crossbill ...

Requests

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials Entangled seabirds. A one-year project has been commissioned by the Tidy Britain Group to study six-pack and four-pack can-carriers in the marine environment. The study is concerned with the probability and methods of entanglement of seabirds by can-ea...

Announcements

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials 'BB' goes to Morocco. Morocco--one of the most exciting ornithological countries in the Western Palearctic--is the destination for a British Birefc-SUNBIRD trip in April 1992. The leaders will be SUNBIRD Director, Bryan Bland, and Rarities Committee Ch...

News and Comment

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. British Birdwatching Fair 1991. The Fair is set to take place over the weekend of 30th August to 1st September and is expected to attract thousands of birdwatchers...

Recent Reports

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th June to 11th July 1991 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake (both Co. Wexford), 6th7th July. Black Stork Ciconia nigra Stifflc...

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