Notes

01 June 2007
Comments Notes Slavonian Grebe breeding with Great Crested Grebe Puffin with exceptionally heavy tick infestation Eurasian Sparrowhawk attacking Soprano Pipistrelle bat Reed Warbler apparently using willow-bark pieces in nest construction ...
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Rare bird references

01 October 1996
Comments Editorials A new book, A Reference Manual of Rare Birds in Great Britain and Ireland, compiled by K. A. Naylor, provides a unique and invaluable list of every rare bird recorded here up to 1957. Every record that has ever appeared in print is included (even those...
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Looking Back

01 October 1996
Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'THROUGH THE FOREST IN FINLAND . . . OWLS. We saw Owls flying on three occasions, but could not determine their species. Many are to be seen nailed to doors of houses, often too much spoiled for identification. We saw Syrnium alu...
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News and comment

01 October 1996
Comments News and comment We have all seen them, been shocked and horrified by them: pictures of hundreds of birds crammed into crates and cages arriving at airports in Europe--from Amsterdam to Heathrow. Over the years, we have probably supported the 'Ban the Wild Bird Trade' ...
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Reviews

01 October 1996
Comments Reviews Auguries and Omens: the magical lore of birds. By Yvonne Aburrow. (Capall Bann Publishing, Chieveley, 1994. 217 pages. ISBN 1-898307-11-3. Paperback £10.95) The author is clearly an expert on magic and folklore, with an interest in birds, rather than ...
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