Seventy-Five Years Ago

01 November 1984
Comments Other 'If I read him correctly, Mr. F. Stubbs (antea, p. 155) seems to think that song is nothing more than the ebullition of superfluous energy. That is to say that it plays as much or as little part in the life of a bird as steam escaping into the air from...
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Reviews

01 November 1984
Comments Reviews The Birds of the Soviet Union: a sound guide [Russian]. By Boris N. Veprintsev. Three 30cm 33.3 rpm long-playing records, nos. C90-18023/ 4, 5/6 & 7/8. 1982. Melodiya, All-Union Studio for Recorded Sound, 32-34 Smolensk Square, Moscow 200, USSR. Ob...
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Recent Reports

01 November 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. The prolonged settled weather this summer continued throughout August as high-pressure areas remained nearby. The few weath...
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News and comment

01 November 1984
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Pert Pools Project: 10th birthday For the last ten autumns, a shallow pool adjacent to the coast road at Pett Level, East Sussex, has been partly drained to provid...
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