Reviews

01 December 2006 Comments Reviews BIRDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Edited by Anders P. Møller, Wolfgang Fiedler and Peter Berthold. Academic Press, London, 2006. 251 pages; figures, tables. ISBN 0-12-373614-5. Paperback, £28.99. This book contains a series of papers published in 2004 as a vo...
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Conservation research news

01 December 2006 Comments News and comment Over 1,200 bird species in the world are currently threatened with extinction, of which 179 are classified as `Critically Endangered\' � the highest threat category. In the face of these statistics it is difficult to remain optimistic, b...
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News and Comment

01 December 2006 Comments News and comment The temporary ban on importing wild birds into the EU has lasted more than a year, but it's up for review later this month. The ban was imposed in October 2005 to contain the spread of H5N1 `avian flu' following the deaths of infected birds at a quaran...
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Recent reports

01 January 1995 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 14th November 1994 to 2nd January 1995. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Very high numbers for Ireland: minimum ...
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Monthly marathon

01 January 1995 Comments Other Most competitors correctly identified the bird in the seventh photograph in the current Marathon (Brit. Birds 87: plate 126) as an adult male Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope (75%). It was photographed in China in May 1993 by D. C. Jardine. Other ...
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News and comment

01 January 1995 Comments News and comment With local government reorganisation in the offing, local, county and regional bird clubs and societies again face the prospect of changes, both minor and major. Every biological group, from fungi, mosses and higher plants to snails, woodlice and mamma...
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