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01 May 1967 Comments News and comment "Torrey Canyon* and after.--Sooner or later the wrecking of a jumbo-tanker had to happen; now it has. Understandably, the first concern of government, press and public alike when the Torrey Canyon went aground on the Seven Stones reef was for the holiday ... Read More

Notes

01 May 1967 Comments Notes Winter breeding of Shags.--On 19th February 1966, on an islet off Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, I found eight nests occupied by Shags Pbalacrocorax aristotelis and could see eggs in two of the lower ones. By 27th February heavy seas had washed away all exce... Read More

More examples of the best recent work by British bird-photographers

01 May 1967 Comments Main paper annual selection of the best contemporarywork by British bird-photographers. The final choice was particularly difficult this year because it had to be made from a preliminary selection of no less than 67 prints of a comparably high standard. It is sad th... Read More

Reviews

01 May 1954 Comments Reviews Report on Dorset Birds, 1951. Edited by K. B. Rooke. Now 2S. Report on Dorset Birds, 1952, Edited by K B.. Rooke. 2s. 9d. The Wildfowl and Waders of Poole Harbour. By A. J. Bull. (1953). 2S. 9d. (All reprinted from Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist, and Arch. Soc, v... Read More