Reviews

01 December 2006 Comments Reviews BIRDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Edited by Anders P. Møller, Wolfgang Fiedler and Peter Berthold. Academic Press, London, 2006. 251 pages; figures, tables. ISBN 0-12-373614-5. Paperback, £28.99. This book contains a series of papers published in 2004 as a vo...
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Conservation research news

01 December 2006 Comments News and comment Over 1,200 bird species in the world are currently threatened with extinction, of which 179 are classified as `Critically Endangered\' � the highest threat category. In the face of these statistics it is difficult to remain optimistic, b...
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News and Comment

01 December 2006 Comments News and comment The temporary ban on importing wild birds into the EU has lasted more than a year, but it's up for review later this month. The ban was imposed in October 2005 to contain the spread of H5N1 `avian flu' following the deaths of infected birds at a quaran...
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Recent reports

01 February 1992 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 20th December 1991 to 16th January 1992 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Three, Upper Tamar Lake, Bude (Cornwall), 11th-13th January; two, 14th January. Lesser Sca...
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Monthly marathon

01 February 1992 Comments Other The back view of November's small roosting wader (Brit. Birds 84: plate 278) was identified as belonging to: Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (22%) Little Stint C. minuta (17%) Dunlin C. alpina (14%) Semipalmated Sandpiper C. pusilla (12%) Sanderli...
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News and comment

01 February 1992 Comments News and comment Tragedy in Croatia As this is written, in November 1991, there are some hopeful signs of a ceasefire in Yugoslavia. Who knows what the situation will be by the time you read this? In October, we received a poignant and emotional letter from the staff o...
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