News and Comment

01 December 2001
Comments News and comment The Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill, sponsored by the RSPB, and presented by John Randall, MP for Uxbridge, has come top of the list of Private Members' Bills to be presented in the House of Commons this term. In other words, it stands an excellent c...
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Letters

01 December 2001
Comments Letters When watching House Martins Delichon urbica in 1967, I wrote in my notebook: `Is the mud for the structure of their nests carried on, rather than in, their beaks?'. My impression then was that the birds carried up the mud on the beak, and pressed it in...
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Notes

01 December 2001
Comments Notes Lame Herring Gull given foraging assistance by presumed mate; European Nightjar using swimming poole; European Bee-eater possibly taking small bird; Wren fotaging in the canopy in autumn; Desnity-dependent winter song of...
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The birdwatching year 2000

01 December 2001
Comments Main paper This report summarises the major bird movements and influxes of the year 2000, as well as including the rarity highlights. Unless stated otherwise, all the rarity records noted here have been accepted by the British Birds Rarities Committee (see Brit. ...
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Reviews

01 December 2001
Comments Reviews INVENTAIRE DES OISEAUX DE FRANCE By Philippe J. Dubois, Pierre le Maréchal, Georges Olioso & Pierre Yésou. Nathan, Paris, 2000. 400 pages; numerous linedrawings, histograms, and distribution maps. ISBN 2-09-260674-3. Hardback, £68.00.  ...
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