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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Recent reports

01 March 1981 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers December, to which month all dates refer unless stated otherwise. Northerly winds during the first week brought in cold Arctic air, but conditions were not severe...
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News and comment

01 March 1981 Comments News and comment Little Tern Symposium Over 40 wardens and conservation stall from a variety of regional and national organisations gathered at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, on 4th November 1980 for a one-day discussion on Little Terns Sterna albifrons, with p...
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Requests

01 March 1981 Comments Editorials Status of Reeves's Pheasant Currently, Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii is in category D of the British list. Recent checks, however, have indicated that all recorded liberations of the species have failed, while those in Woburn Park, Bedf...
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Photographic requests

01 March 1981 Comments Editorials Periodically, we list the species for which we need good quality blacka n d - w h i t e photographs to illustrate forthcoming papers. O n this occasion, we have listed the urgent requirements separately. Photographers who are able to help should submit...
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