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01 November 2006 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid September to mid October 2006. ...

Sightings of colour-ringed European Rollers

01 November 2006 Comments Editorials As part of an investigation into the population ecology of European Rollers Coracias garrulus in southern Austria, 146 birds have been marked since 2003. All birds carry a metal ring and one or two colour rings on the other leg. Since 2006, marked bird...

News and Comment

01 November 2006 Comments News and comment A bold move by the Crown Prosecution Service to extend AntiSocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) to wildlife crime was rebuffed by magistrates in Northumberland last month. However, the magistrates in Bedlington did accept that wildlife crime was antisocial ...

Reviews

01 November 2006 Comments Reviews THE GREAT FEN: ARTISTS FOR NATURE IN ENGLAND By Chris Gerrard. Langford Press, Peterborough, 2006. 165 pages; numerous colour images. ISBN 1-904078-17-3. Hardback, £35.00. The latest in a series of fine-quality art books by Langford Press, this focuse...

Notes

01 November 2006 Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...

Northbound migrant raptors in June and July at the Strait of Gibraltar

01 November 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A small but significant northward movement of raptors occurs across the Strait of Gibraltar in June and July, following the main spring passage. Six key species – Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus, Black Kite Milvus migrans, ...

Patterns of nest attendance by a pair of Parrot Crossbills

01 November 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus nest at Abernethy Forest, Highland, was video-recorded from the laying of the first egg to fledging, allowing a detailed description of nest attendance by the parents.The four eggs were laid ove...

Important Bird Areas of the United Arab Emirates

01 November 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This paper reviews the status of 20 Important Bird Areas in the United Arab Emirates which were first defined in the early 1990s. Ornithologically, the country is notable for important populations of seabirds, waterbirds and a number of restri...

British Birds – November 2006

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Mystery photographs

01 November 1985 Comments Main paper Last month's photograph by Richard T. Mills (plate 241, repeated here as 288) is so sharp and evenly lit, and gives such a vivid impression of how the bird must actually have looked, that one is tempted to jump to a rapid conclusion. Other than se...

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