Reviews

01 February 1986 Comments Reviews Gulls and Plovers: the ecology and behaviour of mixed-species feeding groups. By C. J. Barnard and D. B. A. Thompson. Croom Helm, London, 1985. 302 pages; 14 black-and-white plates; 10 line-drawings. £25.00.This book--the first of Croom Helm's project...
Read More

Recent reports

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records.0 The dates in this report refer to November 1985 unless otherwise stated. Weather and seabird movements The cold airstream coming from the north at the end of October which introdu...
Read More

News and Comments

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Sweden's woodpeckers and Cormorants Two of Sweden's rarer breeding species, the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos and the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo&...
Read More

Reviews

01 May 1982 Comments Reviews The Birds of Wiltshire. Edited by John Buxton. Wiltshire Library and Museum Service, Trowbridge, 1981. 194 pages; 32 black-and-white plates; 116 line-drawings; 100 distribution maps. £5.50.  I have to admit that reading this book was like...
Read More

Recent reports

01 May 1982 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records After the severe weather of December and January, February was very dull, but largely frost-free. Until 14th, south to westerly winds brought mild air in from the Atlantic. From 15th, the h...
Read More

Stay at the forefront of British birding by taking out a subscription to British Birds.

Subscribe Now