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01 October 2008 Comments News and comment Bird-of-prey conservation has faced no fewer than three major setbacks in the past month: Defra has confirmed that a bare minimum of raptor species will require registration for captive-breeding in future; one of the first Red Kites Milvus milvus reint... Read More

British Birds – October 2008

01 October 2008 Comments Latest issues ... Read More

Bird Illustrator of the Year 2002

01 August 2002 Comments Main paper . As usual, each entrant had been required to submit a set of four black-and-white drawings in pen and ink or scraperboard, to precisely specified dimensions. This year there were only 18 entries; fewer than last year. While this total was a little dis... Read More

Satellite-tracked Lesser Spotted Eagle avoids crossing water at the Gulf of Suez

01 August 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT To date, most of the Lesser Spotted Eagles Aquila pomarina that we have tracked by satellite telemetry migrated in autumn along a direct route from Israel to Africa, via Suez (Egypt). In both 1997 and 1998, however, one adult fem... Read More