News and Comment

01 January 2006
Comments News and comment As 2005 drew to a close, the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in poultry in the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine. This was the fourth country in Europe to report bird flu, following outbreaks in October in Romania (dead Mute Swans Cygnus...
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Letters

01 January 2006
Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ...
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The Fulmar 'wreck' of 1962

01 January 1975
Comments Main paper During the latter half of February 1962 numbers of dark-phase Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis were reported off various parts of Britain and many were subsequently found dead, mainly on the east coast of England. An appeal for information regarding dead Ful...
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