Recent reports

01 April 2009
Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers early February 2009 to early March 2009. Headlines In a quiet period, the highlights included an Ivory Gull and an early Great Spotted Cuckoo in Co. Cork, the returning Pacific Dive...
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News and comment

01 April 2009
Comments News and comment Climate change is already having a detectable impact on birds across Europe. This is the message from a group of scientists who have created the world's first indicator of the impacts of climate change on wildlife at a continental scale. `We hear a lot...
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Reviews

01 April 2009
Comments Reviews CONSIDER THE BIRDS: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO By Colin Tudge. Allen Lane, London, 2008. 482 pages; numerous line-drawings; five text figures, two as pull-outs. ISBN 978-1-846-14097-6. Hardback, £25.00. This was a difficult book to review. It must ...
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Notes

01 April 2009
Comments Notes Morph ratio of Eleonora's Falcon of Sicily Corn Crake pair-bonding and nesting behaviour A precssion by a Common Snipe and its chicks Great Black-backed Gull killing a rival and stealing mate Red-rumped Swallow nesting i...
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Reviews

01 May 1982
Comments Reviews The Birds of Wiltshire. Edited by John Buxton. Wiltshire Library and Museum Service, Trowbridge, 1981. 194 pages; 32 black-and-white plates; 116 line-drawings; 100 distribution maps. £5.50.  I have to admit that reading this book was like...
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Recent reports

01 May 1982
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records After the severe weather of December and January, February was very dull, but largely frost-free. Until 14th, south to westerly winds brought mild air in from the Atlantic. From 15th, the h...
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