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ES British Birds Volume 95 (2002) Main contents January 4 Parrot Crossbills breeding in Abernethy Forest, Highland Ron W. Summers 12 From the Rarities Committee’s files: Mystery photograph or a first for Britain? Colin Bradshaw 17 First nesting by Blue-crowned Parakeet in Britain Chris Butler, Grant Hazlehurst and Kristie Butler February 42 Eurasian Reed Warbler: the characters and variation associated with the Asian form fuscus David J. Pearson, Brian ] Small and Peter R. Kennerley 62 The non-breeding status of the Little Egret in Britain A. J. Musgrove March 101 Cuckoo tricks with eggs and chicks N. B. Davies 118 The decline of Shetland’s Kittiwake population Martin Heubeck 123 The Ruddy Shelduck in Britain: a review Andrew H. J. Harrop 129 From the Rarities Committee’s files: Unusual Brent Geese in Norfolk and Hampshire John Martin April 156 From the Rarities Committee's files: Rare seabirds and a record of Herald Petrel Colin Bradshaw 166 The status of the Hawfinch in the UK 1975-1999 Rowena Langston, Richard Gregory and Roy Adams 174 The European Bird Report — Non-passerines Colin Davies May 216 Descriptive update on gull taxonomy: “West Siberian Gull’ Valery A. Buzun 233 Flight identification of Common Eider, King Eider and Steller’s Eider Anders Blomdahl, Bertil Breife and Niklas Holmstrém 240 Bird Photograph of the Year Roger Riddington et al June 272 Slender-billed Curlew in Northumberland: new to Britain and Ireland Tim Cleeves 279 From the Rarities Committee’s files: The Slender-billed Curlew at Druridge Bay, Northumberland, in 1998 Jimmy Steele and Didier Vangeluwe 300 Declining farmland birds: evidence from large-scale monitoring studies in the UK Dan Chamberlain and Juliet Vickery July 328 Comment — Whither the Observatories? Dick Loxton 334 Where does the Slender-billed Curlew nest, and what future does it have? Adam Gretton, Alexander K. Yurlov and Gerard C. Boere 345 Breeding parrots in Britain Chris Butler 349 Evolutionary relationships of stonechats and related species inferred from mitochondrial-DNA sequences and genomic fingerprinting Michael Wink, Hedi Sauer-Giirth, and Eberhard Gwinner August 370 Comment — A written constitution for species-level taxonomy Martin Collinson 372 Satellite-tracked Lesser Spotted Eagle avoids crossing water at the Gulf of Suez Bernd-U. Meyburg, Joachim Matthes and Christiane Meyburg 377 The Common Buzzard in Britain: a new population estimate Rob Clements 384 Bird Illustrator of the Year 2002 Mike Unwin, Robert Gillmor and Alan Harris September 410 The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: an analysis of conservation concern 2002-2007 Richard D. Gregory et al. 449 From the Rarities Committee’s files: A White-winged Black Tern in an unusually advanced state of moult Colin Bradshaw and John Wright October 476 Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2001 M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee November 542 Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2000 Malcolm Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel 583 The generic status of Black-browed Albatross and other albatrosses George Sangster et al 586 Homes for birds: the use of houses for nesting by birds in the UK Simon R. Wotton et al Decembei 606 Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2000 Peter A. Fraser and Michael J. Rogers 631 Non-native birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 2000 Malcolm Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel 636 The specific status of Balearic and Yelkouan Shearwaters George Sangster et al. 640 Wader migration in Britain & Ireland: continuing studies in a changing environment John H. Marchant 696 British Birds 95 * Index to volume 95 ES British Birds Volume 95 (2002) Main contents January 4 Parrot Crossbills breeding in Abernethy Forest, Highland Ron W. Summers 12 From the Rarities Committee’s files: Mystery photograph or a first for Britain? Colin Bradshaw 17 First nesting by Blue-crowned Parakeet in Britain Chris Butler, Grant Hazlehurst and Kristie Butler February 42 Eurasian Reed Warbler: the characters and variation associated with the Asian form fuscus David J. Pearson, Brian ] Small and Peter R. Kennerley 62 The non-breeding status of the Little Egret in Britain A. J. Musgrove March 101 Cuckoo tricks with eggs and chicks N. B. Davies 118 The decline of Shetland’s Kittiwake population Martin Heubeck 123 The Ruddy Shelduck in Britain: a review Andrew H. J. Harrop 129 From the Rarities Committee’s files: Unusual Brent Geese in Norfolk and Hampshire John Martin April 156 From the Rarities Committee's files: Rare seabirds and a record of Herald Petrel Colin Bradshaw 166 The status of the Hawfinch in the UK 1975-1999 Rowena Langston, Richard Gregory and Roy Adams 174 The European Bird Report — Non-passerines Colin Davies May 216 Descriptive update on gull taxonomy: “West Siberian Gull’ Valery A. Buzun 233 Flight identification of Common Eider, King Eider and Steller’s Eider Anders Blomdahl, Bertil Breife and Niklas Holmstrém 240 Bird Photograph of the Year Roger Riddington et al June 272 Slender-billed Curlew in Northumberland: new to Britain and Ireland Tim Cleeves 279 From the Rarities Committee’s files: The Slender-billed Curlew at Druridge Bay, Northumberland, in 1998 Jimmy Steele and Didier Vangeluwe 300 Declining farmland birds: evidence from large-scale monitoring studies in the UK Dan Chamberlain and Juliet Vickery July 328 Comment — Whither the Observatories? Dick Loxton 334 Where does the Slender-billed Curlew nest, and what future does it have? Adam Gretton, Alexander K. Yurlov and Gerard C. Boere 345 Breeding parrots in Britain Chris Butler 349 Evolutionary relationships of stonechats and related species inferred from mitochondrial-DNA sequences and genomic fingerprinting Michael Wink, Hedi Sauer-Giirth, and Eberhard Gwinner August 370 Comment — A written constitution for species-level taxonomy Martin Collinson 372 Satellite-tracked Lesser Spotted Eagle avoids crossing water at the Gulf of Suez Bernd-U. Meyburg, Joachim Matthes and Christiane Meyburg 377 The Common Buzzard in Britain: a new population estimate Rob Clements 384 Bird Illustrator of the Year 2002 Mike Unwin, Robert Gillmor and Alan Harris September 410 The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: an analysis of conservation concern 2002-2007 Richard D. Gregory et al. 449 From the Rarities Committee’s files: A White-winged Black Tern in an unusually advanced state of moult Colin Bradshaw and John Wright October 476 Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2001 M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee November 542 Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2000 Malcolm Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel 583 The generic status of Black-browed Albatross and other albatrosses George Sangster et al 586 Homes for birds: the use of houses for nesting by birds in the UK Simon R. Wotton et al Decembei 606 Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2000 Peter A. Fraser and Michael J. Rogers 631 Non-native birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 2000 Malcolm Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel 636 The specific status of Balearic and Yelkouan Shearwaters George Sangster et al. 640 Wader migration in Britain & Ireland: continuing studies in a changing environment John H. 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