News and Comment

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. ...
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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...
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Corrections

01 December 1984 Comments Editorials VOLUME 76 Page 576 CALL OF PINTAIL SNIPE References. MADGE, S. C. 1977.Correct Brit. Birds reference is 70: 146-152. VOLUME 77 Pages IDENTIFICATION OF STINTS AND PEEPS 293 Fig. 1. Labelling should read 'u...
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Reviews

01 December 1984 Comments Reviews The Atlas of Australian Birds. By M. Blakers, S. J. J. F. Davies and P. N. Reilly. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1984. 738 pages; 648 line-drawings; over 650 maps. £45.00.  I have nothing but praise for this magnificent book produce...
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Short Reviews

01 December 1984 Comments Reviews Handbook of Birds of India and Pakistan. Volume 4: frogmouths to pittas. By Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. (OUP, 1984. £19.50) The first edition was published in 1970: this second edition is revised up to 31st March 1982, and has three new plates....
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Recent Reports

01 December 1984 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to September unless otherwise stated. Weather. The settled anticyclonic weather experienced during the summer just continued into September, bringing ...
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News and comment

01 December 1984 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. What they say. We are grateful to Crispin Bird names explained Fisher for telling us about this conversation he and Norman Arlott had with a twitcher in a hide at ...
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Requests

01 December 1984 Comments Editorials Do write, but please don't phone BB is run with a tiny staff. We try to keep pace with correspondence, but do sometimes fall behind. Nevertheless, if you have a query, please write. We deliberately do not list our telephone number, but some people do m...
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