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2013
Journal article
British records of ‘Eastern Yellow Wagtail’
An eastern subspecies of Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava simillima, was added to the British List on the basis of two specimens collected on Fair Isle in 1909 and 1912. No further records have been accepted, in spite of the regular occurrence of ‘grey-and-white’ first-winter Yellow Wagtails in Britain in autumn,...Collinson, J M ; Smith, A ; Waite, S ; McGowan, R Y
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2018
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2012
Journal article
A genetic analysis of the first record of British Siberian Stonechat
A first-winter female Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus shot on the Isle of May in October 1913 was the first British record of this species, and one of the few British records that has been assigned to the nominate subspecies. DNA from the mounted specimen was analysed; it matched known specimens...Collinson, J M ; McGowan, R Y
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2014
Journal article
First British records of ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ Subalpine Warblers
The recent proposal to reorganise the taxonomy of the Subalpine Warbler complex, and the identification of the first British ‘Subalpine Warbler’ (St Kilda, June 1894) as a Moltoni’s Warbler, led the BOU to review other early records and determine the first British records of both Eastern and Western Subalpine Warblers....Collinson, J M ; McGowan, R Y ; Irestedt, M
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2013