News and Comment

01 January 2006
Comments News and comment As 2005 drew to a close, the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in poultry in the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine. This was the fourth country in Europe to report bird flu, following outbreaks in October in Romania (dead Mute Swans Cygnus...
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Letters

01 January 2006
Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ...
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Recent reports

01 January 2001
Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers the period 13th November 2000 to 1st January 2001. American Wigeon Anas americana Males at Rogerstown (Co. Dublin) and North Slob (Co. Wexford), both remaining through November into December. Black Duck Anas rub...
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Monthly marathon

01 January 2001
Comments Other Bearing in mind some of the more extraordinar y guesses submitted for previous photographs in this Monthly Marathon series, such as a Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea that, to one contestant, looked like a Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata, it i...
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Announcements

01 January 2001
Comments Editorials To recognise an artist for the best set of bird illustrations. Amateur and professional artists are invited to submit four line-drawings (of precise specified dimensions) suitable for publication. The subjects should be birds recorded in the Western Pa...
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