Ringing & Migration - Volume 24 Part 1 - 4 contents & articles

Part 1 - Contents & articles

FULL PAPER
Survival rates of hirundines in relation to British and African rainfall. Robert A. Robinson, Dawn E. Balmer and John H. Marchant
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SHORT REPORTS

From fledging to breeding: long-term satellite tracking of the migratory behaviour
of a Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius. K. Pütz, A.J. Helbig, K.T. Pedersen, C. Rahbek, P. Saurola and R. Juvaste
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On reading colour rings. Carl Mitchell and Mark Trinder
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RINGING SCHEME REPORT
Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2006. Liz Coiffait, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson,
Jeremy R. Blackburn, Bridget M. Griffin, Kate Risely, Mark J. Grantham, John H. Marchant, Trevor Girling and Lee Barber
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Part 2 - Contents & articles

FULL PAPERS
Sexual size dimorphism and moult in the Plain Swift Apus unicolor
Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey, Andrew G. Gosler, Javier Gonzalez and Michael Wink
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Ageing and sexing Marsh Tits Poecile palustris using wing length and moult
Richard K. Broughton, Shelley A. Hinsley, Paul E. Bellamy, Jane E. Carpenter and Peter Rothery
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How far do birds fly during one migratory flight stage?
K. Susanna S. Hall-Karlsson and Thord Fransson
95
SHORT REPORT

Separation of Marsh Tit Poecile palustris from Willow Tit Poecile montana using a bill criterion
Richard K. Broughton, Shelley A. Hinsley and Paul E. Bellamy
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RINGING SCHEME REPORT

Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2007
Liz Coiffait, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson, Jeremy R. Blackburn, Mark J. Grantham, John H. Marchant, Lee Barber, Diana De Palacio, Bridget M. Griffin, and Dorian Moss
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Part 3 - Centenary issue - contents & articles 

Editorial
Chris P.F. Redfern, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson and Stephen R. Baillie
145
100 years of ringing in Britain and Ireland
Jeremy J.D. Greenwood
147
From individuals to flyways: the future of marking birds for conservation
Stephen R. Baillie, Robert A. Robinson, Jacquie A. Clark and Chris P.F. Redfern
155
Ringing and the study of mechanisms of migration
Franz Bairlein and Michael Schaub
162
The use of intrinsic markers to study bird migration
Lisette Coiffait, Chris P.F. Redfern, Richard M. Bevan, Jason Newton and Kirsten Wolff
169
New technologies for monitoring bird migration and behaviour
Wolfgang Fiedler
175
Quantifying the movement patterns of birds from ring recoveries
Jacquie A. Clark, Kasper Thorup and David A. Stroud
180
Understanding changes in bird populations – the role of bird marking
Stephen R. Baillie and Michael Schaub
189
Constant effort: studying avian population processes using standardised ringing
Robert A. Robinson, Romain Julliard and James F. Saracco
199
The value of ringing for bird conservation
Guy Q.A. Anderson and Rhys E. Green
205
Bird ringing as a tool for behavioural studies
Stuart P. Sharp
213
Moult and plumage
Ian Newton
220
The use of mass and fat reserve measurements from ringing studies to assess body condition
Will Cresswell
227

Part 4 - contents and articles

Sexing Black-legged Kittiwakes by measurement
J.C. Coulson
233
Ageing and sexing the Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella caliginosa during the non-breeding season
Jenny C. Dunn and Chris Wright
240
Counts of spring passage Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria in north Lewis
S. Rae, M.G.W. Jones, F. Stewart and R. Tingay
253
Migration of Mallards Anas platyrhynchos in Hungary: migration phenology, the origin of migrants, and long-term changes
Andras Liker and Lajos Nagy
259
Declining rates of ring recovery in British birds
Robert A. Robinson, Mark J. Grantham and Jacquie A. Clark
266
Comparing the migration of Eurasian Teal Anas crecca from two main wintering areas of Western Europe: a long-term study from Essex, England, and the Camargue, France
Matthieu Guillemain, Richard Hearn, Roy King, Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Geraldine Simon and Alain Caizergues
273
Habitat, phenology and biometrics of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola during autumn migration through a riverine wetland in Iberia
David Miguélez, Carlos Zumalacárregui, Benito Fuertes, Héctor Astiárraga, Rubén González-Jáñez, Isabel Roa and Fran de la Calzada
277
Ageing Black–headed Gulls on leg and bill colour – a cautionary note
Robin M. Sellers
280
 
Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2008
Liz Coiffait, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson, Jeremy R. Blackburn, Mark J. Grantham, Dave I. Leech, John H. Marchant, Lee J. Barber, Diana De Palacio, Bridget M. Griffin, Dorian Moss and Miranda M. Shephard
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