West Midland Bird Club
Articles in 'British Birds' Magazine
These articles, relating to birds in one or more of our four counties (Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire) appeared in 'British Birds 
' magazine (ISSN 0007-0335). We are grateful for their permission to reproduce those articles which appear as links, below. We would love to hear of others.
The figures after the titles refer to volume number (and, after a colon, issue number, if known), year (in parentheses [1]) and page(s). Items marked thus: 
are additions at the most recent change to this list, on 1 March 2008.
- 'Redshank Breeding in Warwickshire', 1:5, (1907–8), 158–9
- 'Redshank Breeding in Warwickshire', 1:6 (letters in response to the above), (1907–8), 191
- 'Redshank Breeding in Warwickshire', 2:1, (1908–9), 33
- 'Little Owl in Warwickshire', 2:7, (1908–9), 240
- 'Little Owl in Warwickshire and Worcestershire', 2:10, (1908–9), 344
- 'Recent Records from Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire', 4:4, (1910–11), 104–112
- 'Long-tailed Duck in Warwickshire', 7:7, (1913–4), 199–200
- 'Little Owl in Staffordshire', 9:9, (1915–6), 250
- 'Austin Geoffrey Leigh' (obituary), 10:4, (1916–7), 87–8
- 'Little Owl in Staffordshire', 10:5, (1916–7), 120
- 'Snowy Owls Reported in Staffordshire and Oxfordshire', 11:12, (1917–18), 282
- 'Notes from Staffordshire', 17:6, (1923–4), 139–142
- 'Notes from Staffordshire, 1924', 18:9, (1924–5), 241–242
- 'Notes from Staffordshire, 1925' 19:9, (1925–6), 233–234
- 'Passing Migrants in Worcestershire', 19:9 (1925–6), 235–236
- 'Notes from Staffordshire Reservoirs', 20:12, (1926–7), 284–285
- 'Wild-fowl on North Worcestershire Waters', 22:1, (1928–9), 19–21
- 'Wild-fowl on Staffordshire Waters', 22:1, (1928–9), 21–22
- 'Curlew-Sandpipers in Staffordshire', 22:7, (1928–9), 169
- 'Notes from Staffordshire Reservoirs', 23:9, (1929–30), 236–238
- 'Passage Migrants at North Worcestershire Reservoirs', 23:9, (1929–30), 238–240
- 'Glossy Ibis in Staffordshire', 23:12, (1929–30), 341
- 'Notes from Staffordshire Reservoirs', 24:10, (1930–1), 277–279
- 'Birds at South Staffordshire Sewage Farms', 24:10, (1930–1), 279–?
- 'Notes from Staffordshire Reservoirs', 25:11, (1931–2), 335–6
- 'Notes from South Staffordshire Sewage Farms', 25:11, (1931–2), 336–7
- 'Staffordshire Reservoirs', 26:8, (1932–3), 248–51
- 'North Worcestershire Reservoirs, 1932', 26:8, (1932–3), 251–252
- 'Staffordshire Reservoirs', 27:10, (1933–4), 296–298
- 'North Worcestershire Reservoirs, 1933', 27:10, (1933–4), 298–300
- 'A census of nightingales in South Worcestershire in 1934', 28:2, (1934–5), 50–52
- 'Notes From Reservoirs And Sewage Farms: Staffordshire Reservoirs', 28:11 (1934–5), 345–346
- 'Report on the Birds of Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1934' (review of our first annual report), 29:4, (1935–6), 122
- 'Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1935', 29:11, (1935–6), 350–352
- 'Bittell Reservoirs, Worcestershire', 29:11, (1935–6), 352–354
- 'Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1935' (review of our annual report), 30:8, (1936–7), 262
- 'Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1936', 30:11, (1936–7), 349–350
- 'Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1936' (review of our annual report), 31:10, (1937–8), 336
- 'Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1937', 31:12, (1937–8), 376–377
- 'Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1937' (review of our annual report), 32:5, (1938–9), 159
- 'Some Breeding-habits Of Marsh-Warblers In South Worcestershire', 32:7, (1938–9), 230–232
- 'South Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1938', 32:12, (1938–9), 394–395
- 'Birmingham Bird Club. Report for 1938. ' (review of our annual report), 33:4, (1939–40), 119
- 'Report of Birmingham Bird Club, 1939.' (review of our annual report), 34:4, (1940–1), 94
- 'Henry Eliot Howard. An Appreciation ' (obituary), 34:9, (1940–1), 195–7
- 'Report of Birmingham Bird Club, 1940.' (review of our annual report), 35:6, (1941–2), 135
- 'Skylark Singing for Eighteen Minutes', 35:7, (1941–2), 160
- 'Birmingham Bird Club: Ninth Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1942.' (review of our annual report), 37:12, (1943–4), 239
- 'Birmingham Bird Club: Tenth Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1943.' (review of our annual report), 38:9, (1944–5), 178
- 'Birmingham Bird Club: Eleventh Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1944.' (review of our annual report), 38:19, (1944–5), 378
- 'Little Ringed Plover in Warwickshire', 39:2, (1946), 57
- 'Whooper Swan in Warwickshire', 39:6, (1946), 192
- 'Common Pochard breeding in Warwickshire', 39:9, (1946), 282
- 'Wood Sandpiper and other waders in Warwickshire', 39:9, (1946), 285
- 'Northern Gannet in Warwickshire in June', 39, (1946), 348
- 'Birmingham Bird Club: Twelfth Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1945.' (review of our annual report), 39:12, (1946), 379–80
- 'White-tailed Eagle in Worcestershire', 40:6, (1947), 184
- 'Wood Sandpiper in Warwickshire', 40:6, (1947), 188
- 'Velvet Scoter in Staffordshire', 40:7, (1947), 219
- 'Birmingham Bird Club: Thirteenth Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, 1946.' (review of our annual report), 40:12, (1947), 382
- 'Sanderling in Warwickshire', 41, (1948), 90
- 'Black-throated Diver in Staffordshire', 41, (1948), 314
- 'Spotted Crake in Warwickshire', 41, (1948), 315
- 'Garganey in Warwickshire', 41, (1948), 351
- 'Sanderling large numbers in Staffordshire', 41, (1948), 353
- 'Kentish Plover in Sussex S. Staffordshire & Devon', 42, (1949), 93
- 'Sabine's Gull in Worcestershire', 42, (1949), 125
- 'Snow Bunting in Staffordshire', 42, (1949), 213
- 'Gulls migration in south Staffordshire in autumn', 42, (1949), 254
- 'Common Eider in Worcestershire & Staffordshire', 42, (1949), 296
- 'Australian White-eyed Duck in Warwickshire', 42, (1949), 330
- 'Lapland Bunting in Staffordshire', 42, (1949), 385
- 'Northern Golden Plover in Staffordshire', 42, (1949), 397
- 'European Golden Plover seasonal distribution on N Staffordshire moors', 42, (1949), 397
- 'Glaucous Gull in Staffordshire', 43, (1950), 26
- 'Common Bullfinch in Worcestershire — Northern race', 43, (1950), 81
- 'Great Northern Diver summering in Warwickshire', 43, (1950), 91
- 'Red-necked Grebe in Warwickshire', 43, (1950), 96
- 'Rough-legged Buzzard in Warwickshire', 43, (1950), 123
- 'Sedge Warbler late in Warwickshire', 43, (1950), 164
- 'Northern Golden Plover in south Staffordshire', 43, (1950), 362
- 'Long-tailed Duck in Staffordshire', 43, (1950), 383
- 'Black-throated Diver in Warwickshire Worcestershire and Berkshire', 44, (1951), 30
- 'Eurasian Marsh Harrier in Dorset Warwickshire & Essex', 44, (1951), 65
- 'Notes on the Birds of Warwickshire by C. A. Norris.' (book review), 44:4, (1951), 142
- 'Snow Bunting in Warwickshire', 44, (1951), 18 209
- 'White-fronted Goose in Staffordshire', 44, (1951), 284
- 'Great Bittern in Warwickshire', 44, (1951), 110 287
- 'West Midland Bird Distribution Survey…' (book review), 44:12, (1951), 421–2
- 'The West Midland Bird Report, No. 17 (1950).' (review of our annual report), 45:3, (1952), 108–9
- 'Pied Flycatcher breeding in Cheshire & Staffordshire', 45, (1952), 289
- 'The West Midland Bird Report, No. 18 for 1951, and No. 19, for 1952.' (review of our annual reports), 47:4, (1952), 133–4
- 'Common Teal in Warwickshire — American race', 47:7, (1954), 244
- 'Tawny Pipit in Staffordshire', 47:12, (1954), 443
- 'Brown's Coppice. A Survey.' (review), 47:12, (1952), 448–9
- 'Blackcap wintering in Worcestershire', 48, (1955), 372–3
- 'The West Midland Bird Report, 1953' (review of our annual report), 49:7, (1956), 284–7
- 'Common Chiffchaff in winter in Warwickshire', 49, (1956), 287
- 'Black Stork in Worcestershire', 50:8, (1957), 348
- 'Robins rearing two broods', 50:11, (1957), 492
- 'Hen Blackbird killing young', 52:5, (1959), 165
- 'Atlas of Breeding Birds of the West Midlands' (book review), 63:5, (1970), 217. More about the Atlas
- 'Glaucous and Iceland Gulls in the west midlands', 69:5, (1976), 179–80
- 'White-tailed Plover: new to Britain and Ireland', 70:11, (1977), 465–71
- 'Variations in Herring Gulls at a Midland Roost', 71:8 (1978), 338–345
- 'Magpie attempting to kill Starling and resilience of Starlings', 73, (1980), 478
- 'The Birds of the West Midlands' (book review), 76 (1983) 104. More about the
book
- 'The frequency of hybrid ducks in the Midlands', 79, (1986), 87–9
- 'Great Grey Phalarope in West Midlands', 79, (1986), 208–9 [It should be noted that this was the April issue!]
- 'Seasonality of Herring Gulls in the west Midlands', 80, (1987), 632–3
- 'Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands' (book review by Bill Oddie) , 81:12, (1988), 669. More about 'Where to Watch…'
- 'Obituary: Horace Gundry Alexander (1889–1989)', 83:4, (1990), 160–2 [A former President of the West Midland Bird Club]
- 'Lesser Scaup: New to the Western Palearctic', 85, (1992), 371–6
- 'The Best Annual Bird Report Awards', 94, (2001), 326–328 (ours voted fifth, nationally)
- 'The New Birds of the West Midlands' (book review), 96:9, (2003), 468
- 'Horace Alexander: 1889 to 1989. Birds and Binoculars' (book review), 98, (2005), 611
- 'The BB/ BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2005' ('The New Birds of the West Midlands' commended), 99, (2006), 73
- 'Website of the Month', 99, (2006), 332 (a review of our webite)
- 'Obituary: John Duncan Wood (1910–2006)', 99, (2006), 387–388
- 'Barn Owl killed and eaten by Common Buzzards' (Worcestershire), 99, (2006), 578
Thanks to Dr. Malcolm Ogilvie for providing the original list, and Eddie Chase of Birmingham Central Library for many additions.
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