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Bird Study The Journal of the British Trust for Ornithology Edited by David T. Parkin Volume 39 1992 Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd ©1992 British Trust for Ornithology. Authorization Published for the British Trust for Ornithology by to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or Blackwell Scientific Publications the internal or personal use of specific clients, is Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EL granted by the British Trust for Ornithology for 25 John Street, London WC1N 2BL libraries and other users registered with the 23 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh EH3 6AJ Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Transactional Suite 500, 5° Floor, 238 Main Street, Boston Reporting Service, provided that the base fee of Massachusetts 02142, USA $06.00 per copy is paid directly to CCC, 27 Congress 54 University Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA. Special requests Australia should be addressed to the Editor. 0006-3657/92 Arnette SA, 2, rue Casimir-Delavigne, $06.00. 75006 Paris, France Blackwell Wissenschaft, Meinekestrasse 4, W-1000 Berlin 15, Germany Blackwell MZV, Feldgasse, A-1238 Wein, Austria Printed in Great Britain by Henry Ling Ltd, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester, Dorset. Contents Volume 39 - Part1 - March 1992 A bird-habitat coding system for use in Britain and Ireland incorporating aspects of land-management and human activity. H. Q. P. Crick Merlins Falco columbarius using crow nests in Kielder Forest, Northumberland. B. Little and M. Davison The numbers and distribution of Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlis breeding in Britain in 1989. A. D. Evans Breeding success and laying date of Nuthatches Sitta europaea in relation to habitat, weather and breeding density. K.-H. Schmidt, M. Marz and E. Matthysen The effect of a severe storm ona population of Crested Tits Parus cristatus in Belgium. L. Lens and A. A. Dhondt Behavioural responses of Black-headed Gulls and Avocets to two methods of control of gull productivity. D. Hilland A. Player Relationships between colony size, adult non-breeding and environmental conditions for Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis on the Isle of May, Scotland. N. J. Aebischer and S. Wanless Seasonal variation in weight, body measurements and condition of free-living Teal. A. D. Fox, R. King and J].W atkin Habitat structure predicts bird diversity distribution in Iberian forests better than climate. J. L. Telleria, T. Santos, A. Sanchez and A. Galarza Reviews Contents Volume 39 - Part2 - July 1992 Distribution of breeding songbirds in Bradfield Woods, Suffolk, in relation to vegetation and coppice management. R. J. Fullerand A. C. B. Henderson Variation in the winter body mass of Starlings Sturnus vulgaris. W. ]. Peach, D. P. Hodsonand J. A. Fowler Fat deposition and theoretical flight range of small autumn migrants in southern Germany. A. Kaiser Clutch size and laying dates of three species of Buntings Emberiza in England. Y. Yom-Tov The mussel caching behaviour of Hooded Crows Corvus corone cornix. S. D. Berrow, T. C. Kellyand A. A. Myers Survival and mean life span of the Quail Coturnix c. coturnix. M. Puigcerver, S. Gallego, ]. D. Rodriguez-Teijeiro andJ . C. Senar Comparing two methods of data collection in waterfowl habitat use studies. H. Poysa and P. Nummi Breeding bird communities of broadleaved plantation and ancient pasture woodlands of the New Forest. K. W. Smith, D. J. Burgesand R. A. Parks Reviews Volume 39 - Part3 - November 1992 Activity budgets, diet and breeding success of Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla on the Isle of May. S. Wanless and M.P. Harris Habitat use and site fidelity of Green Sandpipers Tringa ochropus wintering in Southern England. K.W. Smith, ].M. Reed and B.E. Trevis Changes in the staius of waders breeding on wet lowland grasslands in England and Wales between 1982 and 1989. M. O’Brien and K.W. Smith Variation in winter wildfowl numbers on gravel pit lakes at Great Linford, Buckinghamshire, 1974—79 and 1984-91, with particular reference to the effects of fish removal. V.E. Phillips Wintering site interchange amongst Greenland White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons flavirostris captured at Wexford Slobs, Ireland. $.M. Warren, A.D. Fox, A.J. Walsh, O.]. Merneand H.J. Wilson Winter predation by Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus on Pipistrelle Bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus in Southern Spain. J.J. Negro, C. Ibanez, ].L. Perez Jorda and M.]. de La Riva Adoption of Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius fledglings by Magpies Pica pica. ].M. Zuniga and T. Redondo Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos breeding success and afforestation in Argyll. J]. Watson Reviews