Issue 9

Little Gulls at sea off Yorkshire in autumn 2003

01 September 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT During autumn 2003, record numbers of Little Gulls Larus minutus were present off the Yorkshire coast.This paper estimates the extent of this gathering and describes the birds' behaviour, based on observations from both sea and land.The context o...

American Coot in Kent: new to Britain

01 September 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Following the decision to separate the British and Irish Lists, an American Coot Fulica americana found at Stodmarsh, Kent, on 16th April 1996, now becomes the first record for Britain.The American Coot at Ballycotton, Co. Cork, from 7th February...

Recent reports

01 September 2004 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid July to mid August 2004. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Trimley Marshes (Suffolk), 13th-31st July. Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Galley Head (Co. Cork), 27th July. Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Pentire Poi...

Looking back

01 September 2004 Comments Other `LARDER OF RED-BACKED SHRIKE. A PAIR of Redbacked Shrikes (Lanius c. collurio) have for the third year in succession built a nest in the hedge of our small paddock of about two acres at Bourton-on-theWater, Gloucestershire. This year, however, has been th...

News and Comment

01 September 2004 Comments News and comment It is now clear that the catastrophic breeding season for seabirds reported in last month's N&c (Brit. Birds 97: 425) has not been restricted to Shetland. Virtually the whole of the latest Shetland Bird Club newsletter is devoted to a series of deeply tro...

Biometrics and field identification of Pacific and American Golden Plovers

01 September 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Measurements of Pacific Pluvialis fulva and American Golden Plovers P. dominica trapped for ringing, combined with observations of birds in the field, showed that most of the field identification criteria described in the literature for separatio...

Reviews

01 September 2004 Comments Reviews SEABIRDS: A NATURAL HISTORY By Anthony J. Gaston. T & A D Poyser, A&C Black, London, 2004. 222 pages; 16 pages of colour plates; maps, figures, tables, line-drawings, blackand-white photographs. ISBN 0-7136-6568-8. Hardback, £35.00. Seabird ecologis...

Letters

01 September 2004 Comments Letters As a group, we have been observing and giving protection to Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus in the New Forest, Hampshire, for the past 50 years. Normally, we do not publish our findings, but in recent years there has been such wild speculation as to the nu...

Notes

01 September 2004 Comments Notes During past Seabird Group/RSPB Beached Bird Surveys in the 1960s and 1970s (annual reports of which were published in Birds magazine), dead seabirds were usually commonest on British beaches in the late winter. There were few casualties at other seasons, ...

Looking back

01 September 2004 Comments Other Yellow-browed Warbler on Great Saltee, Co. Wexford.ÂÂOn October 12th, 1953, a Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) was seen and trapped by John Weaving on Great Saltee, Co. Wexford. In the field the small size, prominent eyestripe and doub...

The diet of seed-eating birds on lowland farmland

01 September 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The diet of Sky Larks Alauda arvensis,Yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella and Corn Buntings E. calandra on arable farmland in north Norfolk was examined by identifying the remains found in faecal pellets.Winter diet was dominated by cereal grains a...

Looking back

01 September 2004 Comments Other `Hobby in Essex in winter.ÂÂA Hobby (Falco subbuteo), thought to be a female, was seen on several occasions between November 6th, 1953, and January 2nd, 1954, by Mr. B. Winchester at the Layer Breton end of Abberton Reservoir, Essex. On December 21s...

Status and productivity of Peregrine Falcons in the Yorkshire Dales between 1978 and 2002

01 September 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This paper provides an analysis of Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus breeding data in the Yorkshire Dales between 1978 and 2002.The number of breeding pairs in the Dales has increased from a single pair in 1978 to a maximum of 15 occupied sites i...

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Volume 97 Issue 9

Little Gulls at sea off Yorkshire in autumn 2003

American Coot in Kent: new to Britain

Recent reports

Looking back

News and Comment

Biometrics and field identification of Pacific and American Golden Plovers

Reviews

Letters

Notes

Looking back

The diet of seed-eating birds on lowland farmland

Looking back

Status and productivity of Peregrine Falcons in the Yorkshire Dales between 1978 and 2002

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