Reviews

01 May 1982
Comments Reviews The Birds of Wiltshire. Edited by John Buxton. Wiltshire Library and Museum Service, Trowbridge, 1981. 194 pages; 32 black-and-white plates; 116 line-drawings; 100 distribution maps. £5.50.  I have to admit that reading this book was like...
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Recent reports

01 May 1982
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records After the severe weather of December and January, February was very dull, but largely frost-free. Until 14th, south to westerly winds brought mild air in from the Atlantic. From 15th, the h...
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News and comment

01 May 1982
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' North Sea Bird Club We welcome the publication of the first report of the North Sea Bird Club, covering part of 1979 and all of 1980. It is a useful document, the m...
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Requests

01 May 1982
Comments Editorials Chough survey in 1982 In April, May and June 1982, there is ajoint IWC/BTO/RSPB census of the Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax. The last comprehensive survey was in 1963, which showed there to be no Choughs left in England, 11 pairs in Scotland, ...
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Announcements

01 May 1982
Comments Editorials International Conference on Bird Census and Atlas Studies The International Bird Census Committee and the European Ornithological Atlas Committee have announced the forthcoming joint 8th International Conference on Bird Census Work and the 6th ...
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Letters

01 May 1982
Comments Letters Tail-lengths of Long-eared and Short-eared Owls Would A. H. Davis and Robin Prytherch like to comment on the statement in British Birds 69: 281-287 that the Long-eared Owl Asio otus has a shorter tail than the Short-eared Owl A.flammeus? The me...
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Notes

01 May 1982
Comments Notes Dark eye-patch of Fulmar M. Densley's paper on Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (Brit. Birds 72:23-28) drew attention to the structure and possible function of dark, bristle-like feathers surrounding the eyes of that species in winter plumage. A ...
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Mystery photographs

01 May 1982
Comments Main paper This quite striking bird probably didn't immediately 'click' - it certainly didn't with me! It is obviously a tern, and it does not look large. But which one has such a bold pattern? The relatively large head, large eye and bulky wing do not sugge...
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