News and comment

01 May 1981
Comments News and comment The Wildlife and Countryside Bill The idea of a comprehensive law protecting all forms of wildlife seemed to some naturalists a good idea. This Bill, however, seems to be engendering dissatisfaction not only from the Nature Conservancy Council-...
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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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Letters

01 May 1981
Comments Letters For the sake of accuracy I never seek personal publicity, but when I am subjected to it I like to see the facts correctly stated. The brief item on me in 'News and comment' in your February issue (74: 103) misinforms your readers on six points....
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