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Please complete the form on the inside back cover and send it with all the parts and the correct money to: Blissett Bookbinders Roslin Road London W3 8DH Telephone: 020 8992 3965 www.blissetts.com [email protected] Please complete the binding form on the inside back cover and note that orders for binding are not to be sent to the publishers British Birds Volume 101 Editorial Board Dawn Balmer, Ian Carter, Richard Chandler, Martin Collinson, Chris Kehoe, Robin Prytherch, Nigel Redman, Roger Riddington, Steve Votier Editorial Staff Roger Riddington (Editor) Caroline Dudley & Peter Kennerley (Assistant Editors) Rarities Committee Chris Batty, Chris Bradshaw, Phil Bristow, Lance Degnan, Paul French, Martin Garner, James Lidster, Mike Pennington, Brian Small, John Sweeney Adam Rowlands (Chairman), Nigel Hudson (Secretary), John Marchant (Archivist), Brian Small (Museum Consultant), Peter Kennerley (RIACT Secretary), Reg Thorpe (Summariser and RIACT Chairman) Behaviour Notes Panel Will Cresswell, lan Dawson, Jim Flegg, lan Newton FRS, Malcolm Ogilvie, Angela Turner (Co-ordinator) Photographic Researchers Robin Chittenden & David Tipling Art Consultants Robert Gillmor & Alan Harris Volume 101 2008 © BB 2000 Ltd ISSN 0007-0335 British Birds Volume 10! (2008) Main contents January 2 The role of reintroductions in conserving British birds Ian Carter, Peter Newbery, Phil Grice and Julian Hughes 26 Mourning Dove on North Uist: new to Britain Brian Rabbitts 31 Should Kermadec Petrel be on the British List? Tim Melling 39 Optimising digital images David Tipling February 58 Diet and prey selection of urban-dwelling Peregrine Falcons in southwest England Edward J. A. Drewitt and Nick Dixon 68 The mysteries of bird migration — still much to be learnt Franz Bairlein 82 Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland: new to Britain Hugh R. Harrop, Roddy Mavor and Peter M. Ellis 89 The Carl Zeiss Award Colin Bradshaw 90 The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2007 John Marchant, Dawn Balmer, Andrew Gosler, Peter Hearn, Robin Prytherch and Bob Scott March 112 The use of stable-isotope ratios in ornithology Tony (A. D.) Fox and Stuart Bearhop 131 Long-billed Murrelet in Devon: new to Britain Kevin Rylands 137 The Dorset Yellow Bittern Tim Melling, Robert Y. McGowan and Ian Lewington April , 174 Identification of vagrant Iberian Chiffchaffs — pointers, pitfalls and problem birds J. Martin Collinson and Tim Melling 189 Identification of Wilson’s and Common Snipe Martin Reid May 228 The Common Kestrel population in Britain Rob Clements 235 Chestnut-eared Bunting on Fair Isle: new to Britain Deryk N. Shaw 241 The status of White-billed Diver in northwest Scotland Martin S. Scott and Ken D. Shaw June 276 Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2005 Mark Holling and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel 317 Magnificent Frigatebird in Shropshire: new to Britain Richard Bradbury, Mark Eaton, Chris Bowden and Mike Jordan July 340 Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex J. Martin Collinson, David T. Parkin, Alan G. Knox, George Sangster and Lars Svensson 364 Recording areas of Great Britain David K. Ballance and A. Judith Smith August 394 From the Rarities Committee’s files: ‘Northern Harrier’ on Scilly: new to Britain John P. Martin 408 Bird Photograph of the Year 2008 Richard Chandler, Tim Appleton, Robin Chittenden, David Hosking, Peter Kennerley and David Tipling 418 Important Bird Areas: Breeding seabirds on the Isles of Scilly Vickie Heaney, Leigh Lock, Paul St Pierre and Andy Brown September 458 Further thoughts on the transatlantic vagrancy of landbirds to Britain & Ireland Norman Elkins 478 The Eagle Owl in Britain Tim Melling, Steve Dudley and Paul Doherty October 516 Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2007 Nigel Hudson and the Rarities Committee November 586 Important Bird Areas: Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island Peter Ryan 607 Highlights from a long-term study of Sparrowhawklsa n Newton December 644 Birds and habitat change in Britain. Part 1: a review of losses and gains in the twentieth century Robert J. Fuller and Malcolm Ausden 676 The rise and fall of Bulwer’s Petrel Andrew H. J. Harrop Index to Volume 101 Compiled by M. A. Ogilvie Entries are in single list with reference to: (1) every significant mention of each species, not only in titles, but also within the text of papers, notes and letters, including all those appearing in such lists as the “Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2007’, but excluding those in ‘Recent reports’, requests and reviews; (2) scientific nomenclature under generic name only and following The ‘British Birds’ List of Birds oft he Western Palearctic (see www.britishbirds.co.uk/bblist.htm) ; (3) authors of all papers, notes, reviews and letters, and photographers; papers and notes are referred to by their titles, other contributions as ‘letter on’, ‘review of’, etc.; (4) a few subject headings, e.g. ‘Breeding’ ‘Conservation research news, ‘Field characters’, ‘Food and feeding behaviour’, ‘News and comment; ‘Rarities Committee’, ‘Recent reports’ and ‘Voice’; (5) ‘Reviews’ and ‘Short reviews, which are listed together in alphabetical order of authors reviewed. Accipiter gentilis, see Goshawk, Northern rossil, see Goose, Ross’s nisus, see Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Anthus godlewskii, see Pipit, Blyth’s striatus, see Hawk, Sharp-shinned gustavi, see Pipit, Pechora Acrocephalus agricola, see Warbler, Paddyfield hodgsoni, see Pipit, Olive-backed arundinaceus, see Warbler, Great Reed pratensis, see Pipit, Meadow dumetorum, see Warbler, Blyth’s Reed rubescens, see Pipit, Buff-bellied paludicola, see Warbler, Aquatic trivialis, see Pipit, Tree palustris, see Warbler, Marsh Appleton, T., see Chandler, R., et al. Actitis macularius, see Sandpiper, Spotted Apus pallidus, see Swift, Pallid Alauda arvensis, see Lark, Sky Aquila chrysaetos, see Eagle, Golden Albatross, Atlantic Yellow-nosed, status on Tristan Ardea cinerea, see Heron, Grey da Cunha and Gough Island, 586-606, plate herodias, see Heron, Great Blue 312 Ardeola ralloides, see Heron, Squacco ——., Black-browed, accepted records, 527 Arenaria interpres, see Turnstone ——, Sooty, status on Tristan da Cunha and Armada, R., photograph of Black Lark, 338, plate Gough Island, 586-606, plate 309 163 ——, Tristan, status on Tristan da Cunha and Asio flammeus, see Owl, Short-eared Gough Island, 586-606, plates 311, 323 Astorkia, L., see Zuberogoitia, I., et al. Alca torda, see Razorbill Atkinson, J., photograph of Cretzschmar’s Alcedo atthis, see Kingfisher, Common Bunting, 642, plate 352 Alopochen aegyptiaca, see Goose, Egyptian Atlantisia rogersi, see Rail, Inaccessible Ammodramus sandwichensis, see Sparrow, Auk, Great, stable-isotope studies, 112-30 Savannah Ausden, M., see Fuller, R. J. Anas acuta, see Pintail Avocet, reintroduction in Britain, 2~25; breeding discors, see Teal, Blue-winged in Britain in 2005, 298-9; population increase falcata, see Duck, Falcated in twentieth century, 644-75 formosa, see Teal, Baikal Aythya affinis, see Scaup, Lesser —— penelope, see Wigeon, Eurasian ferina, see Pochard, Common querquedula, see Garganey fuligula, see Duck, Tufted rubripes, see Duck, Black marila, see Scaup, Greater strepera, see Gadwall nyroca, see Duck, Ferruginous Andrew, D. G., letter on Lammergeiers and lambs, Azkona, A., see Zuberogoitia, I., et al. 215 Andrews, R., photograph of Glossy Ibis, 51, plate Bachmeier, G., photograph of Common Kestrel, 34; of Bonaparte’s Gull, 273, plate 146 231, plate 125 Anous stolidus, see Noddy, Brown Bairlein, F., the mysteries of bird migration — still Anser anser, see Goose, Greylag much to be learnt, 68-81, plates 48—51 brachyrhynchus, see Goose, Pink-footed Bakewell, D., photograph of “White-faced’ Plover, caerulescens, see Goose, Snow 48, plate 32 erythropus, see Goose, Lesser White-fronted Ballance, D. K., review of Smith et al.: Wild Mynd: British Birds 101 * index to Volume 101 701 Index birds and wildlife of the Long Mynd, 219; of Borrett, D., photograph of Great Blue Heron, 51, Uglow: Nature’s Engraver: a life of Thomas plate 33 Bewick, 331; of Bowler & Hunter: Birds of Botaurus stellaris, see Bittern, Eurasian Tiree and Coll, 331; of Peterken: Wye Valley, Bourne, W. R. P., letter on the past British status of 503; of Bray & Bray: The Birds of the the Balearic Shearwater, 213; on storks and Huddersfield Area, 632 other possible past British breeding birds, 214; —, , and Smith, A. J., recording areas of on interoceanic ballistic jaegers, 325-6; on Great Britain, 364—75 rare seabirds, 498-9 Balmer, D., see Marchant, J., et al. Bowden, C., see Bradbury, R., et al. Bantock, T., Common Kingfisher catching and Brachyramphus marmoratus, see Murreiet, attempting to eat a shrew, 497 Marbled Baranoff, S., photographs of ‘Northern Harrier’, perdix, see Murrelet, Long-billed 398, plates 186-7 Bradbury, R., et al., Magnificent Frigatebird in Barry, J., photographs of Wilson’s and Common Shropshire: new to Britain, 317-21, plates Snipe, 191-2, plates 104-5, 108 152-4 Baston, B., photograph of Little Ringed Plover, Bradshaw, C., The Carl Zeiss Award, 89 414, plate 201; of Radde’s Warbler, 641, plate Brambling, breeding in Britain in 2005, 312 348 Branta bernicla, see Goose, Brent Batty, C., photograph of White-throated Sparrow, ruficollis, see Goose, Red-breasted 338, plate 164 Breaks, M., photograph of Calandra Lark, 337, Baxter, P., photograph of Caspian Plover, 336, plate 162; of Citril Finch, 392, plate 184; of plate 159; of Pine Bunting, 571, plate 294 Brown Flycatcher, 642, plate 350 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, 90-91 Breeding: Mute Swan, 383; Slavonian Grebe, Bearhop, S., see Fox, A. D. 201-3; Little Bittern, 92; Lammergeier, 491-2, Beattie, J., photograph of Black Scoter, 524, plate plates 243-4; Hen Harrier, 262; Merlin, 687-8; 259 Moorhen, 327-8, plate 155; Black-winged Bee-eater, European, breeding in Britain in 2005, Pratincole, 328, plate 156; House Martin, 497; 305 Blackbird, 209; Coal Tit, 210; Rook, 96; Twite, Berg, A. van den, photograph of White-billed 263 Diver, 246, plate 135 Brookes, B., House Martins eating elderberries, Betton, K., review of Ryan: Field Guide to the 384, plates 175-6 Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Brooks, R., photograph of Dark-breasted Barn Gough Island, 100; of Dowsett et al.: The Birds Owl, 225, plate 121 of Zambia, 504; of Farrow: A Field Guide to Broughton, R. K., singing by female Marsh Tits: the Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and frequency and function, 155-6 Northern Europe (2 CDs), 505; of Moss: A Sky Brown, A., see Heaney, V., et al. Full of Starlings: a diary ofa birding year, 690 Bubo bubo, see Owl, Eagle Bird Photograph of the Year 2008, 408-17, plates scandiacus, see Owl, Snowy 198-207 Bubulcus ibis, see Egret, Cattle Bittern, Eurasian, breeding in Britain in 2005, Bucephala albeola, see Bufflehead 288-9; photograph, 692, plate 384 clangula, see Goldeneye, Common ——, Little, display flight, 92; accepted records, islandica, see Goldeneye, Barrow’s 527 Bufflehead, accepted records, 524 , Yellow, in Dorset, 137-41, plates 82-86 Bullfinch, stable-isotope studies, 112-30, plate 66; Blackbird, photographs, 42, plates 30-31; population decrease in twentieth century, attempted feeding of dead fledgling, 209; 644-75 eating fuchsia seed pods and flowers, 328 Bulweria bulwerii, see Petrel, Bulwer’s Blackcap, stable-isotope studies, 112-30, plate 74 Bunting, Black-headed, accepted records, 572 Blair, M., letter on the pronunciation of scientific , Chestnut-eared, accepted records, 571 names, 214-15 ——, Cirl, reintroduction in Britain, 2—25, plates Bloomfield, A., unusual Marsh Harrier plumages, 10-11; breeding in Britain in 2005, 314; 151-2, plates 88-89 population decrease in twentieth century, Bluetail, Red-flanked, photographs, 54, 697, plates 644-75 41-42, 390; accepted records, 557-8, plate 282 ——,, Corn, photograph, 222, plate 118; Bluethroat, photograph of white-spotted population decrease in twentieth century, Bluethroat, 274, plate 147 644-75 Bobolink, transatlantic vagrancy to Britain & ——,, Cretzschmar’s, photograph, 642, plate 352 Ireland 1997-2006, 458-77, plate 233 ——,, Gough, status on Gough Island, 586-606, Borg, J. J., photograph of burnt-out bird ringers’ plate 321 cars in Malta, 220, plate 117 , Inaccessible, status on Tristan da Cunha, , see Montalto, J. A., et al. 586-606 ’ 702 British Birds 101 * Index to Volume 101 Index , Nightingale, status on Tristan da Cunha, of Eurasian Bittern, 692, plate 384 586-606, plate 319 Ceryle alcyon, see Kingfisher, Belted ——, Pine, accepted records, 571, plate 294 Cettia cetti, see Warbler, Cetti’s ——., Reed, associating with Common Stonechat, Chaetura pelagica, see Swift, Chimney 144 Chaffinch, Common, adult killed by Eurasian Jay, ——., Snow, breeding in Britain in 2005, 314; 385 photograph, 412, plate 200 Chandler, R., photograph of Red Kite, 3, plate 1; ——,, Wilkins’ status on Tristan da Cunha, of Red Knot, 119, plate 68; of Black-tailed 586-606, plate 318 Godwit, 123, plate 71; of ‘eastern’ Common Burhinus oedicnemus, see Stone-curlew Chiffchaff, 147, plate 87c; of “Northern Bustard, Great, reintroduction in Britain, 2-25, Harrier’, 400, plate 190; of Spoon-billed plate 2 “Sandpiper, 453, plate 227 Butorides striatus, see Heron, Green-backed Charadrius asiaticus, see Plover, Caspian . , et al. Bird Photograph of the Year Cade, M., photograph of ‘eastern’ Common 2008, 408-17, plates 198-207 Chiffchaff, 147, plate 87a & b dubius, see Plover, Little Ringed Calidris acuminata, see Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed —— leschenaultii, see Plover, Greater Sand alpina, see Dunlin morinellus, see Dotterel bairdii, see Sandpiper, Baird’s vociferus, see Killdeer canutus, see Knot, Red Chiffchaff, Common, letters on ‘Siberian fuscicollis, see Sandpiper, White-rumped Chiffchaffs’,, 146-50, 380, plate 87; Rarities maritima, see Sandpiper, Purple Committee news, ‘Siberian Chiffchaffs’ in minuta, see Stint, Little Britain, 165-6 minutilla, see Sandpiper, Least , Iberian, identification of vagrants — pusilla, see Sandpiper, Semipalmated pointers, pitfalls and problem birds, 174-88, Capercaillie, suggested for reintroduction to plates 98-103; letter on distribution and Britain, 2-25; breeding in Britain in 2005, 285 identification, 378-9; letter on mixed-singing Caprimulgus europaeus, see Nightjar, European birds, 379-80; accepted records, 567, plate 291 Carduelis cabaret, see Redpoll, Lesser Chittenden, R., photograph of Desert Wheatear, cannabina, see Linnet 55, plate 43; of Corn Bunting, 222, plate 118 carduelis, see Goldfinch . , see Chandler, R., et al. chloris, see Greenfinch Chlidonias hybrida, see Tern, Whiskered flammea, see Redpoll, Common leucopterus, see Tern, White-winged Black flavirostris, see Twite Chordeiles minor, see Nighthawk, Common spinus, see Siskin Chough, Red-billed, reintroduction in Britain, Carl Zeiss Award, award presentation, 89, plate 56 2-25; breeding in Britain in 2005, 312; Carpodacus erythrinus, see Rosefinch, Common population decrease in twentieth century, Carter, C., letter on Lammergeiers, 325 644-75 Carter, I., review of Erritzoe et al.: The Chroicocephalus philadelphia, see Gull, Bonaparte’s Ornithologist’s Dictionary, 164; of Cheke & Ciconia ciconia, see Stork, White Hume: Lost Land of the Dodo: an ecological nigra, see Stork, Black history of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues, Cinclus cinclus, see Dipper 629-30; of Dennis: A Life of Ospreys, 634 Circus aeruginosus, see Harrier, Marsh —-, , et al., The role of reintroductions in cyaneus, see Harrier, Hen conserving British birds, 2-25, plates 1-12 macrourus, see Harrier, Pallid , J., photograph of Long-billed Murrelet, 133, pygargus, see Harrier, Montagu’s plate 77; of Little Crake, 536, plate 265; of Cisticola juncidis, see Cisticola, Zitting Mourning Dove, 550, plate 277; of Sykes’s nigriloris, see Cisticola, Black-lored Warbler, 640, plate 347; of Philadelphia Vireo, Cisticola, Black-lored, associating with Common 699, plate 394 Stonechat, 145 Castillo, I., see Zuberogoitia, |., et al. , Zitting, photograph, 638, plate 342 Catbird, Grey, transatlantic vagrancy to Britain & Clamator glandarius, see Cuckoo, Great Spotted Ireland 1997-2006, 458-77 Clark, J., review of Ferguson-Lees et al.: Birds of Catharus bicknelli, see Thrush, Bicknell’s Wiltshire, 100-1; of Wheatley: Birds of Surrey, fuscescens, see Veery 448; of Sanders: The Birds ofA lderney, 506; of guttatus, see Thrush, Hermit Venables et al.: The Birds of Gwent, 633 —— minimus, see Thrush, Grey-cheeked Clements, R., the Common Kestrel population in ustulatus, see Thrush, Swainson’s Britain, 228—34, plates 125-6 Catley, G., photograph of Desert Wheatear, 110, Coccyzus americanus, see Cuckoo, Yellow-billed 698, plates 63, 391; of Black-bellied Dipper, Coe, P., photograph of Yellow Bittern, 138, plates 225, plate 122; of Ross’s Gull, 548, plate 275; 82-83, 86 British Birds 101 * Index toV olume 101 703 r \ Index Collinson, J. M., review of Clements: The Clements 313; flycatching, 385; population increase in Checklist of the Birds of the World, 6th edn, twentieth century, 644-75 102; of Forrester et al.: The Birds of Scotland, , Parrot, breeding in Britain in 2005, 314 162-3 , Scottish, breeding in Britain in 2005, 313 " , and Melling, T., identification of ——,, Two-barred, photographs, 514, 700, plates vagrant Iberian Chiffchaffs — pointers, pitfalls 255, 396 and problem birds, 174-88, plates 98-103 Crow, Carrion, attacking Grey Squirrel, 156; . , et al., species boundaries in the Peregrine Falcon defending prey from flock, Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull 383-4; mobbing Short-eared Owl, 688 complex, 340-63, plates 165-73 , Jungle, stable-isotope studies, 112-30 ——,, T., photograph of Chimney Swift, 462, plate Cuckoo, Great Spotted, accepted records, 551 231 , Yellow-billed, transatlantic vagrancy to Combridge, P., review of Clews: Birds in a Village: Britain & Ireland 1997-2006, 458-77, plate 232 a century on, 43; of CieSlak & Dul: Feathers: Cunningham, J., photograph of British Birds identification for bird conservation, 164; of authors from the 1950s, 251, plate 136 Génsbol: Collins Birds of Prey, 449-50; of Curlew, Slender-billed, stable-isotope studies, Barthel & Dougalis: New Holland European 112-30° Bird Guide, 450; letter on Kermadec Petrel, Cyanistes caeruleus, see Tit, Blue taxidermists, and judging ancient records, Cygnus cygnus, see Swan, Whooper 322-4; Peregrine Falcon defending prey from olor, see Swan, Mute flock of Carrion Crows, 383-4; Common Crossbill flycatching, 385 Dale, R., photograph of presumed hybrid —, , and Combridge, S., aerial food pass by Kermadec-x Trindade Petrel, 34, plate 22 Pallid Harrier at winter roost, 93-94 Dancy, A., photograph of Peregrine Falcon, 297, Conservation research news: 142-3; 249-50; plate 150 376-7; 624-5, plate 335; 682-3 Davenport, J., photograph of David Davenport, Cook, K., photograph of Trindade Petrel, 34, plate 500, plate 250 21; of Magnificent Frigatebird, 320, plate 154 Day, K., photograph of American Herring Gull, Cooper, D., photograph of Hume’s Warbler, 110, 224, plate 120; of Common Kestrel, 232, plate plate 64 126; of Red-backed Shrike, 334, plate 157; of Copete, J. L., letter on distribution and Whiskered Tern, 391, plate 182; of Canada identification of Iberian Chiffchaff, 378-9 Warbler, 470, plate 238; of Long-billed Coracias garrulus, see Roller, European Dowitcher, 540, plate 269; of Buff-bellied Coram, J., photograph of British Birds editors in Pipit, 555, plate 281; of Northern Lapwing, the 1970s, 253, plate 138 652, plate 357 Cormorant, Great, stable-isotope studies, 112-30, Dean, A., letter on colour nomenclature and plate 75; mixed colony with Grey Herons in Siberian Chiffchaffs, 146-8, plate 87; on Hertfordshire, 261; breeding on the Isles of colour nomenclature, 380 Scilly, 418-38; population increase in Delichon urbicum, see Martin, House twentieth century, 644-75 Dempsey, E., photograph of Buff-bellied Pipit, 53, ——,, Pygmy, suggested for reintroduction to plate 40; of Wilson’s Storm-petrel, 582, plate Britain, 2-25 ' 298; of Little Blue Heron, 636, plate 336 Corrections: 150; 160; 223; 274; 454 . , and Nightingale, B., recent reports, Corvus corone, see Crow, Carrion see Recent reports frugilegus, see Rook Dendroica caerulescens, see Warbler, Black- macrorhynchos, see Crow, Jungle throated Blue monedula, see Jackdaw, Western —— coronata, see Warbler, Yellow-rumped Coster, B., photograph of Steller’s Eider, 416, plate petechia, see Warbler, Yellow 205 striata, see Warbler, Blackpoll Coturnix coturnix, see Quail, Common Dillon, I. A., et al., post-hatch nest use by Crake, Corn, reintroduction in Britain, 2-25, Slavonian Grebes in Scotland, 201-3 plates 8-9; breeding in Britain in 2005, 297-8; Diomedea dabbenana, see Albatross, Tristan population decrease in twentieth century, Dipper, photograph of ‘Black-bellied Dipper’, 225, 644-75 plate 122; accepted records of “Black-bellied ——, Little, photographs, 39, 272, plates 23-24, Dipper’, 556-7; population decrease in 144; accepted records, 536, plate 265 twentieth century, 644-75, plate 371 , Spotted, breeding in Britain in 2005, 297 Diver, Black-throated, breeding in Britain in 2005, Crane, Common, reintroduction in Britain, 2-25, 287 plate 12; breeding in Britain in 2005, 298 ——, Pacific, photograph, 171, plate 96 Crex crex, see Crake, Corn , Red-throated, breeding in Britain in 2005, Crossbill, Common, breeding in Britain in 2005, 286-7 704 British Birds 101 * index to Volume 101 Index ——.,, White-billed, origins of birds in western Eaton, M., see Bradbury, R., et al. Europe, 144; status in northwest Scotland, Egan, B., photograph of King Eider, 389, plate 179 241-8, plates 131-5; feeding technique, 260-1, Egret, Cattle, photographs, 109, 224, plates 62, plates 140-1; accepted records, 526-7 119; accepted records, 528-30, plate 261 Diving-petrel, Common, status on Tristan da ——, Little, breeding in Britain in 2005, 289 Cunha and Gough Island, 586-606 Egretta caerulea, see Heron, Little Blue Dixon, N., see Drewitt, E. J. A. garzetta, see Egret, Little Doherty, P., see Melling, T., et al. Eider, Common, photograph, 416, plate 204 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, see Bobolink ——-, King, stable-isotope studies, 1 12—30; Dott, H. E. M., Blue Tits obtain concealed insects photographs, 389, 416, plates 179, 204; in winter by selecting bud size, 209-10 attacked and killed by Harbour Seal, 442-3, Dotterel, breeding in Britain in 2005, 300 plates 223-5; accepted records, 522-3 Dove, Collared, population increase in twentieth ——,, Spectacled, photograph, 416, plate 204 century, 644—75 , Steller’s, photographs, 416, plates 204-5 , Mourning, on North Uist: new to Britain, Ekstrém, G., photographs of Bulwer’s Petrel, 680, 26-30, plates 13-16; transatlantic vagrancy to plates 382-3 Britain & Ireland 1997-2006, 458-77; Elkins, N., letter on murrelets in Europe, 144—5; accepted records, 550-1, plate 277 review of Huntley et al.: A Climatic Atlas of -——,, Turtle, population decrease in twentieth European Breeding Birds, 329; further thoughts century, 644—75 on the transatlantic vagrancy of landbirds to Dowitcher, Long-billed, accepted records, 540-1, Britain & Ireland, 458-77, plates 229-40 plate 269 Ellis, P. M., see Harrop, H. R., et al. Drake, A., photograph of Least Sandpiper, 538, Elorriaga, J., see Zuberogoitia, I., et al. plate 268 Emberiza caesia, see Bunting, Cretzschmar’s Drewitt, E. J. A., and Dixon, N., diet and prey calandra, see Bunting, Corn selection of urban-dwelling Peregrine Falcons cirlus, see Bunting, Cirl in southwest England, 58-67, plate 47 citrinella, see Yellowhammer Dubois, P. J., letter on mixed-singing Iberian fucata, see Bunting, Chestnut-eared Chiffchaffs, 379-80 leucocephalos, see Bunting, Pine —, , and Duquet, M., letter on Siberian —— melanocephala, see Bunting, Black-headed Chiffchaffs, 149-50 schoeniclus, see Bunting, Reed Duck, Black, photograph, 271, plate 142; accepted Empidonax alnorum, see Flycatcher, Alder records, 520 Eremophila alpestris, see Lark, Shore , Falcated, accepted records, 575 Eriksen, J., photograph of Sooty Falcon, 415, plate ——.,, Ferruginous, photograph, 108, plate 60 203; of Siskin, 647, plate 355 , Harlequin, accepted records, 523, plates Erithacus rubecula, see Robin 257-8 Eudyptes moseleyi, see Penguin, Northern , Tufted, population increase in twentieth Rockhopper century, 644—75 Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, see Sandpiper, Spoon- Dudley, S., see Melling, T., et al. billed Dumetella carolinensis, see Catbird, Grey Everett, M., review of Moss: Remarkable Birds, Dunlin, population decrease in twentieth century, 101; of Tate: Flights of Fancy, 104; of Bennett: 644-75 True to Form, 163; ot Threlfall: Between the Dunnock, associating with Common Stonechat, 144 Tides, 163; of Chandler & Couzens: 100 Birds Duquet, M., see Dubois, P. J. to See Before You Die, 631 Durdin, C., Mute Swans eating carrion, 496 Everitt, J., photographs of Honey-buzzard, 205, Durose, K., photograph of Squacco Heron, 528, plates 115-16 plate 260; of Gyr Falcon, 535, plate 264; of Iberian Chiffchaff, 567, plate 291; of Green- Fadda, A., and Medda, M., photograph of backed Heron, 695, plate 385; of Red-flanked Lammergeier, 491, plate 244 Bluetail, 697, plate 390 Fairbank, R., review of Svensson & Delin: Philip’s Dymond, N., review of Harvey et al.: Atlas oft he Guide to Birds ofB ritain and Europe, 102-3 Birds of Delhi and Haryana, 163-4 Falco amurensis, see Falcon, Amur columbarius, see Merlin Eagle, Golden, reintroduction in Ireland, 2-25; concolor, see Falcon, Sooty breeding in Britain in 2005, 294 peregrinus, see Falcon, Peregrine ——,, White-tailed, reintroduction in Britain and rusticolus, see Falcon, Gyr Ireland, 2-25, plate 4; breeding in Britain in subbuteo, see Hobby 2005, 291; catching Greylag Goose, 326 tinnunculus, see Kestrel, Common Earl, T., Hobby taking fish from Common Tern, vespertinus, see Falcon, Red-footed 496 Falcon, Amur, photograph, 696, plate 386 British Birds 101 * Index to Volume 101 705 r — \ Index See \— ——,, Gyr, accepted records, 534—5, plate 264 , R. J., and Ausden, M., birds and habitat , Peregrine, diet and prey selection of urban- change in Britain. Part 1: a review of the losses dwelling birds in southwest England, 58-67, and gains in the twentieth century, 644-75, plate 47; photograph, 167, plate 93; breeding plates 353-79 in Britain in 2005, 296-7, plates 149-50; egg Fulmar, stable-isotope studies, 112-30, plate 73; breakage, 326-7; feeding Common Kestrel breeding on the Isles of Scilly, 418-38 chicks, 327; defending prey from flock of Fulmarus glacialis, see Fulmar Carrion Crows, 383-4 Fulton, I., photograph of Hen Harrier, 402, plate ——, Red-footed, photographs, 335, 390, plates 194 158, 180 , Sooty, photograph, 415, plate 203 Gadwall, breeding in Britain in 2005, 282; Farrell, L., Rooks gathering nest material, 96 population increase in twentieth century, Field characters: Marsh Harrier, 151-2, plates 644-75, plate 369 88-89; Hobby, 207-8; Wilson’s and Common Galea, R., see Montalto, J. A., et al. Snipe, 189-200, plates 104-13; Iberian Gallinago gallinago, see Snipe, Common Chiffchaff, 174-88, plates 98-103 media, see Snipe, Great Fieldfare, breeding in Britain in 2005, 307 Gallinula chloropus, see Moorhen Finch, Citril, photograph, 392, plate 184 comeri, see Moorhen, Gough Firecrest, breeding in Britain in 2005, 310; Gannet, Northern, photograph, 377, plate 174 population increase in twentieth century, Garcia, E., review of Partida: Nomads of the Strait 644-75, plate 363; male helping to feed a of Gibraltar, 632 Goldcrest family, 688 Garganey, breeding in Britain in 2005, 283 Flood, R. L., review of Parslow: The Isles of Scilly, Garrulus glandarius, see Jay, Eurasian 46-47; of Robb et al.: Petrels Night and Day, Gauntlett, F. M., review of Gill & Wright: Birds of 628-9; Short-eared Owl sitting on sea surface the World: recommended English names, 264-5 to avoid Carrion Crows, 688 Gavia adamsii, see Diver, White-billed Flycatcher, Alder, photograph, 637, plate 339 arctica, see Diver, Black-throated , Brown, photograph, 642, plate 350 —— pacifica, see Diver, Pacific ——, Spotted, nest destroyed by House Martins, stellata, see Diver, Red-throated 497 Gelochelidon nilotica, see Tern, Gull-billed Food and feeding behaviour: Mute Swan, 496; Geothlypis trichas, see Yellowthroat, Common Egyptian Goose, 200; White-billed Diver, Gibbins, C., photograph of European Herring 260-1, plates 140-1; Little Grebe, 200; Grey Gull, 342, plate 165; of American Herring Heron, 92-93, plates 57-58; White-tailed Gull, 343, 359, plates 166, 173; of Lesser Eagle, 326; Pallid Harrier, 93-94; Hobby, 496; Black-backed Gull, 347, 356-7, plates 168, Peregrine Falcon, 58-67, plate 47; Moorhen, 171, 172; of Yellow-legged Gull, 352, plate 169; 262-3, 496-7, plate 248; Oystercatcher, 94; of Caspian Gull, 353, plate 170 Common Kingfisher, 497; House Martin, 384, Gifford, D., photograph of White’s Thrush, 55, plates 175-6; Grey Wagtail, 498, plate 249; plate 44 Blackbird, 328; Firecrest, 688; Blue Tit, 209-10 Gladwin, T., mixed colony of Great Cormorants Fox, A. D., and Bearhop, S., the use of stable- and Grey Herons in Hertfordshire, 261 isotope ratios in ornithology, 112-30, plates Glareola nordmanni, see Pratincole, Black-winged 66-76 Godwit, Black-tailed, suggested for reintroduction Fratercula arctica, see Puffin to Britain, 2-25; stable-isotope studies, Fray, R., photograph of Carl Zeiss Award 112-30, plate 71; breeding in Britain in 2005, presentation, plate 56; Red-footed Falcon, 390, 300-1; adult killed by Rooks, 447 plate 180 Goldcrest, population increase in twentieth Fregata magnificens, see Frigatebird, Magnificent century, 644-75; family fed by male Firecrest, Fregetta grallaria, see Storm-petrel, White-bellied 688 Frigatebird, Magnificent, in Shropshire: new to Goldeneye, Barrow’s, photograph, 272, plate 143; Britain, 317-21, plates 152-4 accepted records, 525 Fringilla coelebs, see Chaffinch, Common ——, Common, breeding in Britain in 2005, 285 montifringilla, see Brambling Goldfinch, associating with Common Stonechat, From the Rarities Committee’s files: ‘Northern 144 Harrier’ on Scilly: new to Britain, 394-407, Goose, Brent, stable-isotope studies, 112-30 plates 185-97; October Greenish Warblers, , Egyptian, eating New Zealand Pygmyweed, 493-5, plates 245-7 200 Frost, R. A., Robin imitating Barn Swallow, 208; ——, Greylag, caught by White-tailed Eagle, 326 cliff-nesting Twites in the Peak District, 263 ——, Lesser White-fronted, accepted records, 576 Fuller, L., photograph of Paddyfield Warbler, 563, ——,, Pink-footed, photographs, 41, plates 28-29 plate 289 , Red-breasted, accepted records, 520 706 British Birds 101 * Index to Volume 101