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01 November 2003 Comments News and comment Birders in Dorset are campaigning against a windfarm proposal for Weymouth harbour. This is the latest offshore scheme to spark protests from birders in England and follows plans for major windfarm projects at Teesmouth and the Solway Firth (see Brit. ...

Reviews

01 November 2003 Comments Reviews RAPTORS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation and The World Working Group on Birds of Prey & Owls, Eilat, Israel, 2nd-8th April 2000. Edited by R. Yosef, M. L. Miller & D. Pepler. International...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2002

01 November 2003 Comments Main paper This is the forty-fifth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it provides details of the records which have been assessed by BBRC for the year 2002, along with additional, outstanding records from previous years. To enhance the over...

British Birds – November 2003

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Birds in Ireland during 1970-74

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper This is the fourth in an irregular series of summaries of observations of Irish birds. The previous three (Andrew 1964, Wallace 1967, Flegg 1971) have set the pattern which this one follows though with two variations. As foreshadowed by Flegg, records ...

A census of the Gannet nests on Grassholm in 1975

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper The history of the increase in the number of nests comprising the colony of Gannets Sula bassana on Grassholm is well documented, with records of periodic counts between 1860 and 1969. This short paper gives details of the 1975 count, the method used a...

Raptor migration across the Strait of Gibraltar

01 March 1976 Comments Main paper The concentrations of large soaring birds at short sea crossings when on migration have long been recognised as being among the most spectacular ornithological phenomena. These birds rely to a large extent on upcurrents, either thermal or relief-induce...

Reviews

01 March 1976 Comments Reviews Ducks of Britain and Europe. By M. A. Ogilvie. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1975. 206 pages; 15 pages of colour illustrations; numerous line drawings and maps. £5.00. For many ornithologists, and all wildfowlers, ducks have a special fa...

Notes

01 March 1976 Comments Notes Feeding behaviour of Buffleheads From late December 1973 to early February 1974, in Florida, USA, I found small parties of Buffleheads Bucephala albeola in markedly different habitats. In the Gulf of Mexico, in deep water, they actively and com...

Obituary: Charles Vaurie, DDS (1906-1975)

01 March 1976 Comments Obituaries Dr Charles Vaurie, Curator Emeritus at the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, died at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, on 13th May 1975 after a short illness. He was 68 years of age. Born in Beaulieu, Correze, F...

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News and Comment

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Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2002

British Birds – November 2003

Birds in Ireland during 1970-74

A census of the Gannet nests on Grassholm in 1975

Raptor migration across the Strait of Gibraltar

Reviews

Notes

Obituary: Charles Vaurie, DDS (1906-1975)

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