News and comment

01 September 1972
Comments News and comment Foulness wildlife study When the Foulness area was chosen for the Third London Airport, the Government promised that funds would be available for a study of the airport's impact on the wildlife environment of the region. Long after some of us had given up...
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Reviews

01 September 1972
Comments Reviews Gulls i n Britain. By Richard Vaughan. Witherby, London, 1972. 96 p a g e s ; 54 black-and-white plates. £1.75. This is a pleasant book. Gulls are highly photogenic, but few of us who walk through a gullery firing off a camera in all directions prod...
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Notes

01 September 1972
Comments Notes Bewick's Swans feeding on waste potatoes and other agricultural crops Bewick's Swans Cygnus bewickii were present on the North Slob, Wexford, from 27th October 1971 to 10th March 1972. The maximum count was 131 on n t h February and the average from 17th ...
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Recent reports

01 September 1972
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The weather during most of June was little better than that of the second half of May--a seemingly endless series of Atlantic depressions (nine major systems, in fact) bringing cold, cloudy co...
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Request for information

01 June 1968
Comments Editorials Survey of Stonechats in Wales.--A survey of the breeding population of the Stonechat Saxicola torquata in Wales is being carried out during 1968. County recorders are acting as local organisers in most areas (see list in Brit. Birds, 61: 191) and observer...
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Recent reports

01 June 1968
Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is mainly concerned with April 1968 and, unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. A few May reports have been included where they seem particularly relevant to Ap...
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News and comments

01 June 1968
Comments News and comment Birds and aircraft.--The current issue of B.T.O. News contains a discussion by Dr. W. R. P. Bourne of the problem of collisions between birds and aircraft. This hazard is not new, but is becoming more serious as aircraft speeds increase and jet engines re...
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