Recent reports

01 April 2009
Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers early February 2009 to early March 2009. Headlines In a quiet period, the highlights included an Ivory Gull and an early Great Spotted Cuckoo in Co. Cork, the returning Pacific Dive...
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News and comment

01 April 2009
Comments News and comment Climate change is already having a detectable impact on birds across Europe. This is the message from a group of scientists who have created the world's first indicator of the impacts of climate change on wildlife at a continental scale. `We hear a lot...
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Reviews

01 April 2009
Comments Reviews CONSIDER THE BIRDS: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO By Colin Tudge. Allen Lane, London, 2008. 482 pages; numerous line-drawings; five text figures, two as pull-outs. ISBN 978-1-846-14097-6. Hardback, £25.00. This was a difficult book to review. It must ...
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Notes

01 April 2009
Comments Notes Morph ratio of Eleonora's Falcon of Sicily Corn Crake pair-bonding and nesting behaviour A precssion by a Common Snipe and its chicks Great Black-backed Gull killing a rival and stealing mate Red-rumped Swallow nesting i...
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Recent reports

01 November 1983
Comments News and comment The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. The hot, dry anticyclonic weather of July continued, albeit slightly cooler in the first two weeks of August as high pressure to the west produced north to northeast winds. Hot south to ...
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News and comment

01 November 1983
Comments News and comment Bodmin Moor Nature Observatory This bold venture has been set up by Tony and Pamela Miller. Situated near Bolventor, in just about the centre of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, the Observatory is in an ideal position lor those who want to study and enjo...
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