Announcements

01 September 1991 Comments Editorials Rare Breeding Birds Panel. The work of the Panel has been supported since its inception in 1973 by British Birds, the BTO, the NCC and the RSPB. In April 1991, however, the NCC ceased to exist, its functions being taken over by three separate bodies: E...
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Fieldwork action

01 September 1991 Comments Editorials Are Nightjar numbers still on the way down? The first sign of a decline in numbers of Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus was in 1952, and, since the BTO Nightjar Survey of 1957-58, the trend has been one of a continuing decrease, especially in the North a...
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Diary dates

01 June 1989 Comments Editorials Dr Margaret Carswell on 'The Uganda Atlas of Birds'. Central London. Non-members should write (enclosing SAE) at least 21 days before to Hon. Secretary, R. E. F. Peal, 2 Chestnut Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3AR. 27th July RSPB GALA PREMIERE. 'Sw...
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Announcements

01 June 1989 Comments Editorials 'Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland'. This new Poyser book combines and brings up to date Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (1972) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (1976). For the rarest birds, it is based on SB's annual 'Report on rare b...
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