V 14 No.4 - The Scottish Ornithologists' Club
V 14 No.4 - The Scottish Ornithologists' Club
V 14 No.4 - The Scottish Ornithologists' Club
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1987 Items of <strong>Scottish</strong> Interest 217<br />
Items of <strong>Scottish</strong> Interest<br />
Articles and Reports on birds in Scotland, mainly on status and distribution. (Previous lists<br />
<strong>14</strong>(1) 55-56: <strong>14</strong>(2) 87-88; <strong>14</strong>(3) 189-190). References from widely available journals British<br />
Birds, Bird Study and Ringing and Migration are excluded. Most of these items are available<br />
for reference in the Waterston Library. Items marked with an asterisk are also available from<br />
the SOC Bird Bookshop post free to SOC members at the prices quoted.<br />
<strong>The</strong> librarian is glad to receive reprints or copies of papers on any aspect of ornithology<br />
or general natural history.<br />
Scientific papers.<br />
Populations of breeding waders Charadrii and<br />
their habitats on the crofting lands of the<br />
Outer Hebrides, Scotland. R.J. Fuller, T.M.<br />
Reed, N.E. Buxton, A. Webb, T.D. Williarns<br />
& M.W. Pienkowski 1986. Bioi. Conserv. 37:<br />
333-361 .<br />
A low-input method of monitoring Kittiwake<br />
breeding success. M.P. Harris 1987. Bioi.<br />
Conserv. 41 : 1-10.<br />
Report on Eagle predation on Lambs in the<br />
Glenelg area in 1986. A.F. Leitch, undated<br />
(received Apr 87). Published by the author,<br />
56 pp.<br />
Heronry report for Loch Lomondside 1986.<br />
J. Mitchell 1986. Nature Conservancy Council,<br />
SW Region Scotland, I p.<br />
Peregrine report for 1986 for Dunbartonshire<br />
and Stirlingshire. J. Mitchell 1986. Nature<br />
Conservancy Council, SW Region Scotland,<br />
2 pp.<br />
Demography of Capercaillie in north-east<br />
Scotland. I. Determining the age of <strong>Scottish</strong><br />
Capercaillie from skull and head<br />
measurements. R. Moss 1987. Orn. Scand.<br />
18: 129-134.<br />
Demography of Capercaillie in north-east<br />
Scotland. H. Age and sex distribution. R.<br />
Moss 1987. Orn. Scand. 18: 135-<strong>14</strong>0.<br />
Demography of Capercaillie in north-east<br />
Scotland. HI. Production and recruitment of<br />
young. R. Moss & D.N. Weir 1987. Orn.<br />
Scand. 18: <strong>14</strong>1-<strong>14</strong>5.<br />
St. Abb's Head seabird sample counts 1986.<br />
K.J. Rideout & C.K. Robeson 1986. Nature<br />
Conservancy Council, SE Region Scotland,<br />
11 pp.<br />
SI. Abb's Head seabird census 1986. C.K.<br />
Robeson 1986. Nature Conservancy Council,<br />
SE Region Scotland, 9 pp.<br />
SI. Abb's Head National Nature Reserve landbird<br />
census 1986. C.K. Robeson 1986. Nature<br />
Conservancy Council, SE Region Scotland,<br />
12 pp.<br />
Forth island bird counts 1986. R.W.J. Smith<br />
1987 . Edin. Nat. Hist. Soc. J. 1986: 27-28.<br />
Central/South-West Perthshire Peregrines and<br />
Ravens in 1986. P.J. Stirling-Aird 1987.<br />
Published by author, 3 pp.<br />
Purple Sandpiper studies in north Iceland<br />
1986. R.W. Summers, C.J. Corse & D.P.<br />
Whitfield 1987. A Report of the Tay, Orkney<br />
and Grampian Ringing Groups' expedition<br />
in summer 1986, published privately. Copies<br />
are available from R.W. Summers, Leenane,<br />
Gong Lane, Burnharn Overy Staithe, King's<br />
Lynn, Norfolk. Price £1 plus postage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> birds of SI. Abb's Head. S.R. Warman<br />
1986. History Berwickshire Nats. <strong>Club</strong> 43:<br />
26-36.<br />
A Survey of the numbers and breeding distribution<br />
of the North Atlantic Gannet Sula<br />
bassana and an assessment of the changes<br />
which have occurred since Operation Seafarer<br />
1969170. S. Wanless 1987. Research and<br />
Survey in Nature Conservation Series No. 4,<br />
lOO pp. Nature Conservancy Council Peter·<br />
borough. - 0 .00.<br />
Birds, bogs and forestry - the Peatlands of<br />
Caithness and Sutherland. D.A. Stroud,<br />
T.M. Reed, M.W. Pienkowski and R.A.<br />
Lindsay 1987. Nature Conservancy Council,<br />
121 pp. -£10.00.<br />
Some aspects of autumn wader migration across<br />
Southern Scotland. T.W. Dougall 1981.<br />
Western Naturalist 10: 5-22. This reprint has<br />
only recently been received in the Waterston<br />
Library.