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May 2021 – contents

The recent history of breeding Marsh Warblers in Britain

Main paper 01 May 2021

RSPB Loch Gruinart and The Oa, Islay

Main paper 01 May 2021 David Wood & James How

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The Birds of Luxembourg

01 May 2021

Young Cuckoo being fed with pieces of white bread

Notes 01 May 2021 Ann Mettam

Common Swifts roosting in nestbox used by Common Starlings

Notes 01 May 2021 Treleven Haysom

BB eye – Petrels by night

Editorials 01 April 2021

News and comment

News and comment 01 April 2021

Recent reports

Recent Reports 01 April 2021

What Is a Bird?: an exploration of anatomy, physiology, behavior and ecology

Reviews 01 April 2021

Flights of Passage: an illustrated natural history of bird migration

Reviews 01 April 2021

A Wild Bird and a Cultured Man. The Common Eider and Homo sapiens: fourteen centuries together

Reviews 01 April 2021

Birds of Maine

Reviews 01 April 2021

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: an illustrated and photographic guide

Reviews 01 April 2021

Hybrid Great Tit x Blue Tit

Notes 01 April 2021 Charles Enderby & Chris Redfern

Two Blue Tit nests in the same nestbox

Notes 01 April 2021 Lee Maginnis

Common Eider nesting on harbour ledge in Kirkcaldy

Notes 01 April 2021 Douglas E. Dickson

Sunning in sub-Saharan Africa – first documented records for Barn Swallow and White Wagtail

Notes 01 April 2021 John Ovenden, James Hogg & Clive R. Barlow

Potential polyandry and incest among Hen Harriers in Bowland

Notes 01 April 2021 James Bray, Michael Demain, Pete Morris & Jack Morris

My patch: The Tremough 10k

Editorials 01 March 2021 Toby Phelps

Great White Egrets feeding from an accumulation of fish in the nest

Notes 01 March 2021 Andrew Bloomfield

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May 2021 – contents

The recent history of breeding Marsh Warblers in Britain

RSPB Loch Gruinart and The Oa, Islay

The Birds of Luxembourg

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Young Cuckoo being fed with pieces of white bread

Common Swifts roosting in nestbox used by Common Starlings

BB eye – Petrels by night

News and comment

Recent reports

What Is a Bird?: an exploration of anatomy, physiology, behavior and ecology

Flights of Passage: an illustrated natural history of bird migration

A Wild Bird and a Cultured Man. The Common Eider and Homo sapiens: fourteen centuries together

Birds of Maine

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: an illustrated and photographic guide

Hybrid Great Tit x Blue Tit

Two Blue Tit nests in the same nestbox

Common Eider nesting on harbour ledge in Kirkcaldy

Sunning in sub-Saharan Africa – first documented records for Barn Swallow and White Wagtail

Potential polyandry and incest among Hen Harriers in Bowland

My patch: The Tremough 10k

Great White Egrets feeding from an accumulation of fish in the nest

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