Ringing & Migration - Volume 23 Part 1 - 4 contents & articles

Part 1 - Contents

Measurement of mass change in breeding birds: a bibliography and discussion of measurement techniques - Sean A. Rands, Alasdair I. Houston and Innes C. Cuthill
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Movements of British Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus outside the breeding season - Brian Etheridge and Ron W. Summers
6
Phenology of Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opaca and Eastern Olivaceous
Warbler Hippolais pallida reiseri on stopover sites in Mauritania - Volker Salewski and Marc Herremans
15
Post-breeding dispersal, breeding site fidelity and migration/wintering areas of migratory populations of Song Thrush Turdus philomelos in the Western Palearctic - R. D. P. Milwright
21
Autumn migration of Reed Buntings Emberiza schoeniclus in Switzerland - Patrick Schmitz and Florian Steiner
33
Wear and loss of rings used on Razorbills Alca torda – further caution in the estimation
of large auk survival - Peter Lyngs
39
Migration patterns of two populations of Twite Carduelis flavirostris in Britain - Andre F. Raine, David J. Sowter, Andrew F. Brown and William J. Sutherland
45
Autumn migration of passerine long-distance migrants in northern Morocco observed by
moon-watching - Gudrun Hilgerloh, Jan Weinbecker and Pavel Zehtindjiev
53
Biometrics and wing moult of migrating Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica in Greece - Jeremy D.Wilson, Triantaphyllos Akriotis, Dawn E. Balmer, Les Hatton and Shirley Millar
57
Validity of ageing Wrens Troglodytes troglodytes on fourth primary spots - Robin M. Ward and Chris du Feu
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Part 2 - Contents

Survival rates of adult Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus at a northern and southern site in England - Chris B. Thaxter, Chris P.F. Redfern and Richard M. Bevan
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Migration of a Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus over
water in the vicinity of a hurricane - M.J. McGrady, G.S. Young and W.S. Seegar
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Annual survival rates of adult male Corsican Nuthatches Sitta whiteheadi - Jean-Claude Thibault and Stephanie Jenouvrier
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Natal philopatry and local movement patterns of Twite Carduelis flavirostris - André F. Raine, David J. Sowter, Andrew F. Brown and William J. Sutherland
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Population structure and origins of Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in north Norway
during winter - Karl-Birger Strann, Ron W. Summers and Rab Rae
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The effect of age and sex on wing morphology and body size of the Bearded Tit Panurus
biarmicus in relation to complete moult - Ignacio García Peiró, Franciso Robledano and
Miguel A. Esteve
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Spring arrivals of migrant waders in Iceland in the 20th century - Hugh Boyd and Ævar Petersen 107
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Biometrics of Citril Finch Serinus citrinella in the west Pyrenees and the influence of feather
abrasion on biometric data - Daniel Alonso and Juan Arizaga
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Sexing Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra by discriminant function: a comment - John H. Morgan
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Sexing Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra by discriminant function: a reply - F. Campos, M. Hernández, J. Arizaga, R. Miranda and A. Amezcua
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Papers from Ringing Group reports - Ian R. Hartley
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Part 3 - Contents

Different timing of autumn migration of two Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula subspecies
through the southern Baltic revealed by biometric analysis. Wlodzimierz Meissner
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Biometrics of Ruffs Philomachus pugnax migrating in spring through southern Belarus with special emphasis on the occurrence of ‘faeders’. Natalia Karlionova, Pavel Pinchuk,
Wlodzimierz Meissner and Yvonne Verkuil
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Biometrics of the Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis in relation to age and sex. Francisco Guitiérrez-Corchero, Francisco Campos, M. Ángeles Hernández and Ana Amezcua
141
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia autumn migration – findings from a study in southeast
Britain. Nicholas J. Bayly and Stephen J.R. Rumsey
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Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2005. Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson, Sue Y. Adams, Mark J. Grantham, Kate Risely, Dawn E. Balmer, Jeremy R. Blackburn, Bridget M. Griffin, John H. Marchant and Viola Kimmel
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Part 4 - Contents

REVIEW
Wild birds and human pathogens in the context of ringing and migration. Hussein H. Abulreesh, Raymond Goulder and Graham W. Scott
193
Can migrating Tengmalm’s Owls Aegolius funereus be reliably sexed in autumn
using simple morphometric measurements? Tim Hipkiss
201
Plastic colour rings and the incidence of leg injury in flycatchers (Muscicapidae,
Monarchidae). Andrew J. Pierce, Danaë K. Stevens, Raoul Mulder and Volker Salewski
205
Sex determination of Iberian Azure-winged MagpiesCyanopica cyanus cooki by discriminant analysis of external measurements. Susana Alarcos, Carlos de la Cruz, Elena Solís, Juliana Valencia and María Jesús García-Baquero
211
Continental Great Spotted Woodpeckers in mainland Britain – fact or fiction? John Coulson and Nigel Odin
217
A new insight into the ageing of Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago – the value of contrast
within the wing coverts of adults. Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Piotr Minias, Radoslaw
Wlodarczyk, Tomasz Janiszewski and Anna Kleszcz
223
Time of roosting of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica at an Irish reedbed during autumn migration. Patrick Smiddy, Chris Cullen and John O’Halloran
228
Measuring passerine productivity using constant effort sites: the effect of missed visits . Will Miles, Stephen N. Freeman, Nancy M. Harrison and Dawn E. Balmer
231
Site fidelity of Icelandic Greylag Geese between winters. Robert (Bob) L. Swann and Ivan K. Brockway
238
Migratory stopovers of passerines in an oasis at the crossroads of the African and Indian flyways. Nikita Chernetsov, Victor N. Bulyuk and Pavel Ktitorov
243
SHORT REPORT
Population size estimation and metapopulation relationships of Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus in the Gulf of Biscay. Iñigo Zuberogoitia, Ainara Azkona, Iñaki Castillo,
Jabi Zabala, Jose Antonio Martínez and Jon Etxezarreta
252
Book Review: G.F. Appleton
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