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