My patch – east Somerset

01 December 2019
Comments Editorials East Somerset is an amazing, and very much under-watched, area. I’m very fortunate that within an easy walk, or a few minutes’ drive of home, there are two of the best patches. Birding to the sound of lions roaring, whilst giraffes ambl...
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The Common Birds Census

01 February 1975
Comments Editorials Thirteen breeding seasons have now passed since the British Trust for Ornithology started its very successful Common Birds Census. The main aim of the scheme has been to keep an annual check on the population levels of our more common birds. The techni...
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Request for information

01 February 1975
Comments Editorials Checklist of the birds of The Gambia A comprehensive checklist of the birds of The Gambia is currently being prepared by Jens Kirkeby and Jorn Vestergaard Jensen in co-operation with the Gambian Ornithologists' Society. It is intended that this...
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What results from bird-ringing

01 February 1975
Comments Editorials The bird ringing scheme in Britain, run by the British Trust for Ornithology, is the largest outside North America, but there is cause for disquiet in the relatively small output of published analyses and of other papers making use of ringing data. Wit...
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