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...
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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...
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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&...
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Recent reports

01 December 1975 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The first half of August was very hot and settled and only in the last week did conditions really change, although thunderstorms were not infrequent in southern Britain from mid-month. The ...
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News and comment

01 December 1975 Comments News and comment Woodcock research Late in 1974 the International Waterfowl Research Bureau set up a Woodcock Research Group, at the request of the International Council for Hunting and Wildlife Preservation. The Woodcock is secretive, a partial migrant, and po...
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