News and comment

01 June 2008
Comments News and comment BirdLife Malta and BirdLife International have warmly welcomed the European Court's decision to order Malta not to open the 2008 spring hunting season for Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur and Common Quail Coturnix coturnix. This is an interim ruling pen...
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Reviews

01 June 2008
Comments Reviews A CLIMATIC ATLAS OF EUROPEAN BREEDING BIRDS By Brian Huntley, Rhys E. Green, Yvonne C. Collingham and Stephen G. Willis. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2007. 528 pages; 431 species mapped in colour. ISBN 978-84-96553-14-9. Hardback, £40.00. ...
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Notes

01 June 2008
Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Letter

01 June 2008
Comments Letters I wholly agree with Martin Woodcock and Chris Smout's defence of the reputation of Arthur Newstead, and also their suggestion that once the unsupported implication of fraud is removed, there seems little reason to regard the Cheshire record of Kermadec...
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Reviews

01 August 1983
Comments Reviews The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland. By James Ferguson-Lees, Ian Willis and J. T. R. Sharrock. Michael Joseph, London, 1983. 336 pages; 1,800 coloured illustrations. £7.95. The publisher's description on the back cover claims, with jus...
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Recent reports

01 August 1983
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Dates in this report refer to May except where stated otherwise. The weather during the month was dominated by slow-moving depressions crossing the country, bringing unsettled, ver...
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