Recent reports

01 August 1981 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not autnenticated records Dates in this report refer to May unless otherwise stated. The high-pressure region in mid Atlantic, which had caused the cold northerly weather of late April, declined by 5th, and ...
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News and comment

01 August 1981 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of the editors of British Birds Aulla Conference From 30th May to 1st June, the first Italian Ornithological Conference was held in Aulla, a small town at the base of the Nort...
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Requests

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Readers' likes and dislikes Please help us to modify BB to suit your tastes by completing the readership questionnaire on the pull-out page in the centre of this issue. Wing-tagged Grey Herons A number of nestling Grey Herons Ardea cinerea in F...
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Announcements

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Book offers It helps BB's finances if you order these books from us: Birdwatching in the Seventies by Ian Wallace (Macmillan) £7.95 post free. A Notebook of Birds--1907-1980 by Jim Flegg (Macmillan) £6.95 post free. Fr...
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Notes

01 August 1981 Comments Notes Predation on Manx Shearwaters by grey seals On most evenings during early August 1976, large flocks of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus fed on the tide race between South Bishop Lighthouse and Ramsey Island, Dyfed. Regular gathering...
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Reviews

01 May 1980 Comments Reviews Guide to Living Birds. By J. E. Webb, J. A. Wallwork and J. H. Elgood. Macmillan Press, London, 1979. 291 pages; many figures and maps. £4.95.  This is claimed to be a reference work for the university undergraduate studying birds, and to...
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Recent reports

01 May 1980 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report refers to February and unless otherwise stated all dates refer to that month, The westerly airflow during the first half of the month brought mainly mild conditions asAtlantic d...
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News and comment

01 May 1980 Comments News and comment Bird-killing in the Mediterranean This is the title of a report which gives the first comprehensive overview of the killing of migratory birds in the Mediterranean; for each country, except Libya and Albania, information on the number and speci...
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Requests

01 May 1980 Comments Editorials Glaucous Gulls in winter 1979/80 Unusual numbers of Glaucous Gulls Larus hyperboreus have been reported, especially in the Midlands and southwest England, during winter 1979/80. To document and discuss this influx in a short paper in Briti...
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