Mike Madders (1957-2009)

01 March 2010
Comments Obituaries Mike Madders was a professional ornitholo- gist, best known for his work on the likely impact of wind-power development on upland birds in Scotland. He is more popu- larly known for the many books he authored and published. Mike was born in Leicester on ...
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Identification of Caspian Gull

01 March 2010
Comments Main paper Abstract This paper deals with the identification of the Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. The aim is to synthesise what is currently known about the identification of this species and discuss the appearance of proven and suspected hybrids. The paper is spli...
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Recent reports

01 April 1975
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records December was the mildest for many years, dominated by westerly weather from the Atlantic. An anticyclone which persisted to the south of Britain caused depressions to move across on...
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News and comment

01 April 1975
Comments News and comment Waterway vandalism It was with considerable alarm that naturalists learned recently that the Severn-Trent Water Authority proposed to introduce a new byelaw compelling owners of lands fronting a river to cut down all trees, shrubs, reeds and ot...
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Letters

01 April 1975
Comments Letters Effects of agricultural change on birds I have found the correspondence between Derek Barber, and Dr R. K. Murton and N. J. Westwood {Brit. Birds, 67: 395-396, 485-487), of considerable interest, for I strongly suspect that hedgerows have,...
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