Letters

01 April 1998 Comments Letters 'News and comment' (Brit. Birds 90: 581) revealed birders' troubles with Back-packers' Syndrome. The cause--being overloaded with technical equipment--is peculiar to our hobby and is, therefore, a new condition. If we are to be welcomed into the group ...
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Letters

01 August 1994 Comments Letters Those Ruddy Ducks. The status of the Ruddy Duck Oxyura jarnaicensis seems to be causing much heartache among birdwatchers at present (e.g. Brit. Birds 86: 338). The fact that it has started to hybridise with the small population of the endangered ...
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