| Titre : | British Birds 106(12) - DEC 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Stuart Newson, Auteur ;
John Marchant, Auteur ;
Robin Sellers, Auteur ;
Graham Ekins, Auteur ;
Richard Hearn, Auteur ;
Niall Burton, Auteur
Following the establishment of a tree-nesting colony of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo at Abberton Reservoir, Essex, in 1981, the inland breeding population in England has increased considerably. Successful breeding has now occurred at 89 [...]
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Malcolm Ausden, Auteur ;
Graham White, Auteur ;
Mark Eaton, Auteur
In the summer of 2012, at least six, and perhaps as many as II, Baillon's Crakes Porzana pusilla were heard singing in apparently suitable breeding habitat at a minimum of three locations in Britain. In this article, we describe the events that [...]
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Andy Stoddart, Auteur
For taxonomists and birdwatchers alike, redpolls have long posed complex problems. This paper reviews our progress in solving those problems. It summarises the history and nature of the taxonomic debates and, for each form, describes its current[...]
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Gary Harper, Auteur
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Barry Nightingale, Auteur ;
Harry Hussey, Auteur
Headlines Most of the headline species were of transatlantic origin, with a Pied-billed Grebe and an American Coot in South Uist, another American Coot in Ireland, a returning Pacific Diver off Cornwall, various American waders and late news of [...]
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J. Martin Collinson, Auteur ;
Aaron Smith, Auteur ;
Steve Waite, Auteur ;
Robert Y. McGowan, Auteur
An eastern subspecies of Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava simillima, was added to the British List on the basis of two specimens collected on Fair Isle in 1909 and 1912. No further records have been accepted, in spite of the regular occurrence of[...]
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John Lloyd, Auteur ;
Julian Friese, Auteur
The Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius is associated mostly with gravel-pits in the UK, but in south Wales there are unusually high densities of the species at the western edge of its breeding range nesting on shingle banks along the River T[...]
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Hein van Grouw, Auteur
The naming of colour aberrations in birds still causes widespread difficulty and confusion. This paper introduces a uniform system of nomenclature and provides a simple identification key for the most common plumage aberrations. Six main aberran[...]
