Recent reports

01 April 1973
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The following summary deals with December 1972 and January 1973, with February taken into account in some cases where relevant. The weather during this time was characterised by its extrao...
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News and comment

01 April 1973
Comments News and comment 1973 All-Ireland Conference It is usually encouraging to see an ornithological conference attracting public attention, but this All-Ireland Conference, held at Newcastle, Co. Down, during 2nd-4th March, perhaps went too far in that it started w...
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Rare Breeding Birds Panel

01 April 1973
Comments Editorials In 1968 the council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds established a subcommittee, known as the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, to collect together in one place the records of rare breeding birds in Britain. This subcommittee consisted of A. W...
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Reviews

01 April 1973
Comments Reviews Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. By Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. Oxford University Press, Bombay. Vol 5 (1972): 276 pages; 10 colour plates; many line drawings and maps. Vol 6 (1971): 245 pages; 8 colour plates; many line drawings a...
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