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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Announcements

01 March 1991
Comments Editorials Rarities Committee: new members As previously announced (Brit. Birds 83: 413-414), three vacancies will arise on the Rarities Committee* from 1st April 1991. In addition to the Committee's three nominations, two further independent nominations were receiv...
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Mystery photographs

01 March 1991
Comments Main paper The weak bill, small head, short neck, plump body, long tail and (presumably) short legs of last month's mystery bird (plate 64, repeated here) instantly identify it as a pigeon or dove. Most readers will have progressed farther immediately, by noticin...
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Letter

01 March 1991
Comments Letters The occurrence of 'Russian' Bean Geese in Britain. In reply to Andreas Noeske (Brit. Birds 83: 556-560), we should like to comment as follows: 1. We agree that the Bean Goose Anser fabalis shows clinal variation and that subspecific identification is d...
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