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 March 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records November saw the beginning of winter in most parts of Britain. Temperatures, although above average, dropped sharply, especially in the third week, and frost and light falls of snow were no...
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News and comment

01 March 1973 Comments News and comment B.T.O. conferences  This winter, the British Trust for Ornithology has held three of its well-known weekend conferences at Swanwick in Derbyshire. The Annual Conference, during 1st-3rd December, heard a diverse selection of mainly con...
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