News and comment

01 October 2008
Comments News and comment Bird-of-prey conservation has faced no fewer than three major setbacks in the past month: Defra has confirmed that a bare minimum of raptor species will require registration for captive-breeding in future; one of the first Red Kites Milvus milvus reint...
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Puffins on St Kilda

01 February 1977
Comments Main paper The time when the Puffins on St Kilda could be compared to swarms of locusts has passed—some census work in the 1960s suggested a great decline. What is the situation now?  St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, probably once had one of the world's l...
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Letters

01 February 1977
Comments Letters Photographic quality and usefulness While browsing through a dozen recent volumes of the Swedish journal Vår Fågelvårld, I was impressed by the high proportion of photographs depicting birds in flight, even though not all of them were of very good q...
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Recent Reports

01 February 1977
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers November and, except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. Winter thrushes During most Novembers, the east coast is alive with Field...
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