Further news on lead ammunition

01 April 2020 Comments Letters The ingestion of lead from ammunition poisons and kills large numbers of birds in the UK every year and puts at risk the health of frequent consumers of wild game shot using lead ammunition, especially children and pregnant women. Alternative, non-toxi...
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Letters

01 March 1966 Comments Letters Birds carrying dead nestlings Sirs,--With reference to the recent note by W. G. Luton on a House Sparrow Passer domesticus carrying a dead nestling, and the accompanying editorial comment (Brit. Birds, 5 8: 443), I am rather surprised that this practice s...
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