Monthly marathon

01 January 2004
Comments Other A novice birdwatcher looking at Monthly Marathon photo number 201 (Brit. Birds 96: plate 245, repeated here as plate 25) might wonder if the bird depicted in the photograph is a wader, with the stripes on the mantle possibly suggesting a species of sni...
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News and Comment

01 January 2004
Comments News and comment The bold plan to release Red Kites Milvus milvus on the fringe of urban Tyneside (see Brit. Birds 96: 409) has received a major cash injection with a grant of over £300,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). This, the latest (and possibly the last)...
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Reviews

01 January 2004
Comments Reviews THE RED CANARY: THE STORY OF THE FIRST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMAL By Tim Birkhead. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2003. 284 pages; eight colour plates. ISBN 0-297-82996-3. Hardback, £16.99.  ...
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