News and Comment

01 November 2003 Comments News and comment Birders in Dorset are campaigning against a windfarm proposal for Weymouth harbour. This is the latest offshore scheme to spark protests from birders in England and follows plans for major windfarm projects at Teesmouth and the Solway Firth (see Brit. ...
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Reviews

01 November 2003 Comments Reviews RAPTORS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation and The World Working Group on Birds of Prey & Owls, Eilat, Israel, 2nd-8th April 2000. Edited by R. Yosef, M. L. Miller & D. Pepler. International...
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Recent reports

01 January 1971 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary covers October 1970, to which all dates refer unless otherwise stated. From 1st to 4th an anticyclone off Iberia and lows 'S' and 'U' moving rapidly across from Newfoundland broug...
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News and Comment

01 January 1971 Comments News and comment A reprieve for Foulness? By now every interested person must know that the Roskill Commission enquiry into the siting of London's third airport has recommended the choice of Cublington in Buckinghamshire. This decision was not unanimous however; one membe...
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Reviews

01 January 1971 Comments Reviews Die Schneehiihner. By E. O. Hohn. 84 pages. DM 7.50. Der Eichelhaher. By Andras Keve. 128 pages. DM 10.00. Raben- und Nebelkrahe. By Manfred Melde. n o pages. DM 8.20. Strandlaufer Eurasiens. By S. M. Uspenski. 78 pages. DM 6.40. Numbers 408, 410, 414 and...
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Notes

01 January 1971 Comments Notes Male Pheasant accompanying female and brood On 8th June 1970, on the Airthrey Estate (University of Stirling), I came upon a pair of Pheasants Phasianus colchicus with small young. As I approached, the chicks hid, while the cock ran directy towards me fro...
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