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- 1 2 Grove Books profile of Martin Garner (accessed 22 June 2008)
- ↑ Martin Garner's Church Army people directory entry [ permanent dead link ] (accessed 22 June 2008)
- ↑ Free Spirit Trust website Archived 21 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 22 June 2008)
- ↑ Great APES website Archived 14 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 22 June 2008)
- ↑ Rogers, M. J. and the Rarities Committee (2003) Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2002 Archived 26 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine British Birds 96(11): 542–609 (section on Caspian gulls is on pages 575–8)
- ↑ What is a Caspian Gull? Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Dick Newell, 17 January 2003, Birdguides (accessed 17 August 2008)
- ↑ Garner, Martin, illustrated by David Quinn (1997) Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain British Birds 90(1) 25–62; Garner, Martin, David Quinn and Bob Glover (1997) Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain, part 2 British Birds 90(9): 369–83
- ↑ BirdGuides page describing Frontiers in Birding Archived 6 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 22 June 2008)
- ↑ Dean, Alan R. (2007) The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures British Birds 100(3): 149–176
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