Scottish Birds Volume 24, compiled by R C Dickson

No 1 - 2003

• Accipiter nisus, see Sparrowhawk, Eurasian
• Acrocephalus scirpaceus, see Warbler, Reed
• Aix galericulata, see Mandarin Duck
• Arnott, JMS, obituary, 45-47
• Certhia familiaris, see Treecreeper
• Charadrius hiaticula. see Plovers, Ringed
• Chough, Red-billed, distribution and status in Scotland in 2002, 11-17
• Cinderey, RN, female Eurasian Sparrowhawk caching prey, 41
• Clugston, DL, see McGowan, RY
• Cosgrove, P, Mandarin Ducks in northern Scotland, 1-10
• Cosgrove, P, & McGregor, R, unusual behaviour of Redshanks and Starlings, 40
• Cowper, CNL, obituary, 43-44
• Dickson, RC, Oystercatcher apparently brooding young of Ringed Plovers, 40-41
• Forrester, RW, see McGowan, R Y
• Finney, SK, & Jardine, DC, distribution and status of Red-billed Chough in Scotland in 2002, 11-17
• Haematopus ostralegus, see Oystercatcher
• Jardine, DC, see Finney, SK
• Lyndon, AR, Treecreeper feeding from a food cache in a brick wall, 42
• Macdonald, DM, obituary, 44-45
• McGowan, RY, Clugston, DL, & Forrester, RW, Scotland's endemic subspecies, 18-35
• McGregor, R, see Cosgrove, P
• Mandarin Ducks in northern Scotland, 1-10
• Obituaries: CNL Cowper 43-44; DM Macdonald, MBE 44-45; JMS Arnott, OBE 45-47
• Oystercatcher, apparently brooding young of Ringed Plovers, 40-41
• Plovers, Ringed, Oystercatcher apparently brooding young of Ringed Plovers, 40-41
• Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, see Chough, Red-billed
• Redshank, unusual behaviour towards dead Redshank, 40
• Robertson, D, Eurasian Reed Warblers in Scotland: review of probable breeding records, 36-39
• Sparrowhawk, Eurasian female caching prey, 41
• Starling, unusual behaviour of Redshanks and Starlings, 40
• Sturnus vulgaris, see Starling
• Treecreeper, feeding from a food cache in a brick wall, 42
• Warbler, Reed in Scotland, 36-39

No 2 - 2004

• Booth, G, obituary, 51
• Bucephala clangula see Goldeneye, Common
• Butler, JRA, see Cosgrove, PJ
• Clark, H, & Sellers, RM, origins and movements of Common Starlings wintering in the Highlands, 29-42
• Cormorant, canoe and walking surveys of wintering on the River Spey, 1-10
• Cosgrove, PJ, Butler, JRA, & Laughton, RL, canoe and walking surveys of wintering Goosanders, Red-breasted Mergansers, Great Cormorants and Common Goldeneyes on the River Spey, 1994-2003, 1-10
• Dawson, RJ G, see Summers, R W
• Dickson, RC, sunning behaviour by a fledgling Merlin, 43; Robin feeding on dead road casualties, 49; soaring behaviour by Merlins, 49-50
• Erithacus rubecula see Robin
• Falco columbarius see Merlin
• Falco peregrinus see Peregrine Falcon
• Goldeneye, canoe and walking surveys of wintering on the River Spey, 1-10
• Goosander, canoe and walking surveys of wintering on the River Spey, 1-10
• Grebe, Slavonian, Peregrine Falcon predating Slavonian Grebe, 45-46
• Hirundo rustica see Swallow, Barn
• Insley, H, Mayhew, P, & McGowan, RY, Peregrine Falcon predating Slavonian Grebe, 45-46
• Jardine, DC, see Summers, RW
• Laughton, RL, see Cosgrove, PJ
• Loxia scotica see Scottish Crossbill
• Loxia pytyopsittacus see Parrot Crossbill
• McGowan, RY, see Insley, H
• Mayhew, P, see Insley, H
• Mergus merganser see Goosander
• Mergus serrator see Merganser, Red-breasted
• Merlin, sunning behaviour by a fledgling, 43; forest nesting specialising on Barn Swallows, 46-48; soaring behaviour, 49-50
• Merganser, Red-breasted, canoe and walking surveys of wintering on the River Spey, 1-10
• Obituaries: G, Booth 51; P, Webster, 51-52
• O'Brien, M, & White, CS, estimating the breeding wader populations of Scottish uplands and salt marshes, 17-28
• Parrot Crossbill, early record in Scotland, 43-45
• Peregrine Falcon, predating Slavonian Grebe, 45-45
• Phalacrocorax carbo see Cormorant, Great
• Podiceps auritus see Grebe, Slavonian
• Prigmore, C, see Prigmore, J
• Prigmore, J, & Prigmore C, Ring Ouzel killing and feeding shrew to nestlings, 48-49
• Rebecca, GW, forest nesting Merlin apparently specialising on Barn Swallows, 46-48
• Ring Ouzel, killing and feeding shrew to nestlings, 48-49
• Robin, feeding on dead road casualties, 49
• Scottish Crossbill, distribution 1995-2003, 11-16
• Sellers, RM, see Clark, H
• Starlings, origins and movements wintering in the Highlands, 29-42
• Sturnus vulgaris see Starling, Common
• Summers, RW, an early record of Parrot Crossbill in Scotland, 43-45
• Summers, RW, Jardine, DC, & Dawson, RJG, the distribution of the Scottish Crossbill, 1995-2003, 11-16
• Swallow, Barn, forest nesting Merlin apparently specialising on Barn Swallows, 46-48
• Turdus torquatus see Ring Ouzel
• Waders, the breeding populations of Scottish uplands and salt marshes, 17-28
• Webster, P, obituary, 51-52
• White, CS, see 0'Brien, M