ICBP news

01 October 1992 Comments Editorials Puna Grebe new.s Bad news on the Puna Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii, endemic to Lake Junin in Peru and one of the world's most threatened birds. Once abundant, the population was estimated to have dropped to 200-300 individuals in 1987, but terrorist act...
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Announcements

01 October 1992 Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop The following books have been added to the list this month: Cramp: Birds of the Western Palearctic vol. 6 Jonsson: The Birds of Europe For all your book orders, please use the British BirdShop order form on pages xi &...
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Editorial

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials On 2nd April, the EEC Directive on the conservation of wild birds came into force, two years after its adoption. It covers ten countries, including much of western Europe, stretching as far east as Greece. It improves the conservation laws in all of th...
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Recent prosecutions

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials The Investigations Section of the RSPB's Species Protection Department has been increasingly successful in tracking down and prosecuting egg-collectors, bird-dealers, keepers and others who have stolen eggs or young from nests or killed protected speci...
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Request

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials Birds feeding in foam lines Birdwatchers who frequent lakes and reservoirs will be aware of the streaks of foam which form on the surface in the presence of wind. These streaks are due to a system of vortices in the water called 'Langmuir Circu...
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Announcements

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials Postal sale of original paintings from the Collins Gem Guide to 'Birds' This little guide to British and European birds was published by Collins last autumn at £1.50. The text is illustrated with 111 paintings by Martin Woodcock, and, by arran...
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