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 July 1996 Comments News and comment Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Near Bembridge (Isle of Wight), 18th May. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Tacumshin (Co. Wexford), from mid May to 9th June. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Isles of Scilly, mainly St Mary's and Tresco, 16th May to 5th June; Spu...
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Monthly marathon

01 July 1996 Comments Other That rock-perching bird (plate 118) was named as Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta (68%), Rock Pipit A. petrosus (29%) and also Buff-bellied Pipit A. rubescens, Fieldfare Turdus pilaris, Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis and Cinereous Bunting Emberiz...
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News and comment

01 July 1996 Comments News and comment We have commented in the past (Brit. Birds 88: 488) upon the delays associated with the production of a new British Red Data List for birds. Now we have Birds of Conservation Concern in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, which saw the...
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