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The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2007

01 February 2008 Comments British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology announce the winner of the Award for Best Bird Book of the Year. All books reviewed in British Birds or the BTO publications BTO News and Bird Study during the year 2007 were eligible for consideratio...

The Carl Zeiss Award

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Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland: new to Britain

01 February 2008 Comments ABSTRACT An Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum at Boddam, Shetland, on 16th August 2006 was the first record of this long-distance migrant in Britain and northwest Europe. Identification was initially problematic owing to misconceptions r...

The mysteries of bird migration - still much to be learnt

01 February 2008 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Bird ringing has unveiled many mysteries of avian migrations, notably routes and destinations. However, there is still much to be explored by the use of ringing and other marking techniques. Satellite tracking, geolocation and global positioni...

Diet and prey selection of urban-dwelling Peregrine Falcons in southwest England

01 February 2008 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on city-dwelling Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus in mainland Europe and other parts of the world, little has been undertaken and published in the UK. We analysed the diet of Peregrines in three cities in ...

British Birds – February 2008

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Notes

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Letters

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Foot-and-mouth and birdwatching

01 March 2001 Comments Editorials Foot-and-mouth is the latest in a series of body blows to British farming in recent years. The outbreak of this disease has, however, had ramifications the effects of which extend far beyond those people directly involved with the livestock industry. T...

Reviews

01 March 2001 Comments Reviews MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION OF WADERS: research and conservation on north Asian, African and European flyways International Wader Studies 10. 1998. 500 pages. ISSN 1354-9944. Paperback, £35.00. Copies available from International Wader St...

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