Scottish Birds Volume 21

Part 1 - June 2000

Main papers (click on title for abstract)

• Amendments to the Scottish List. Ronald W Forrester. SBRC
• Breeding birds of the Isle of May, Firth of Forth, 1972-99. M P Harris, S Wanless, I Darling & C Gallacher
• Wintering seafowl in Scapa Flow, Orkney, October 1998 to March 1999. E J Williams
• Greylag Geese breeding in Shetland. M G Pennington
• East Ross Rookeries in 1998-99. Henry McGhie

Short notes

• Breeding success of Merlins in Galloway. R C Dickson
• Mute Swans rearing Greylag Geese. Gavin Paterson
• A new record of successful tree nesting Peregrines. Fiona Leckie & Steve Campbell
• Post breeding congregations of adult Black-throated Divers in Wester Ross. Chris Donald
• Swifts in Speyside. Harvey Burton
• Mallard eating Eel. Tom Dougall
• Jackdaw killing and carrying newly fledged Blackbird in its feet. R C & A P Dickson
• Merlins selectively preying on Chaffinches. R C Dickson
• Ringed Plover using covered nest site. C J Booth
• Interaction between Greylag Goose, Great Northern Diver and Bottle-nosed Dolphin. A J Leitch
• Common Crossbill eating adelgids. David C Jardine
• Oystercatchers usurping Lapwings' nest. Pat French & Hugh Insley
• Roof nesting Oystercatchers using a Herring Gull nest. Hugh Insley & Jonathan C Brain
• Observations on a Lesser Whitethroat in a Dundee suburb in winter. Bruce Lynch

Obituaries

• Robert Marshall Craig Lambie. D Clugston
• Gerard Lionel Sandeman. J Arnott

Part 2 - December 2000

Main papers

• A major decline in House Sparrows in central Edinburgh. H E M Dott & A W Brown
• The summer status and distribution of Greylag Geese in north and west Scotland. C Mitchell, D Patterson, P Boyer, P Cunningham, R McDonald, E Meek, J D Okill & F Symonds
• A survey of Storm Petrels on Priest Island in 1999. P Mayhew, K Chisholm, H Insley & N Ratcliffe
• Egg sizes of crossbills in Scotland. H A McGhie & R W Summers
• Density and habitat associations of Barn Owls in East Ross. H A McGhie
• The breeding success of a population of Lapwings in part of Strathspey 1996-1998. P French, H Insley, G Siriwardena & N Buxton
• Observations of wintering Ring Ouzels and their habitat in the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. D S C Arthur, P R Ellis, R G Lawie & M Nicoll

Short notes

• Prey captured and attacked by Merlins in winter. R C Dickson
• Nestling feeding rates by Peregrine Falcons. R C Dickson

Obituaries

• Hetty Louisa Harper. Alastair Peirse-Duncombe & David Clugston
• Ivan Hills OBE. D A Ratcliffe
• The Honorable Douglas Nigel Weir. Nick Picozzi