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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News and Comment

01 September 2006 Comments News and comment England's new conservation agency has been hit by hefty Government spending cuts even before it starts work on 1st October. The cutbacks are so severe that the Chairman of Natural England, Sir Martin Doughty, has reportedly complained to the Environmen...
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Reviews

01 September 2006 Comments Reviews WADERS OF EUROPE, ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA By Stephen Message and Don Taylor. Christopher Helm, A&C Black, London, 2005. 224 pages; 80 colour plates. ISBN 0-7136-5290-X. Paperback, £24.99. As a passionate shorebird enthusiast I always welcome a new ...
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Notes

01 September 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...
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Conservation research news

01 September 2006 Comments News and comment Some species are more vulnerable to predation than others and similarly, within a given species, one sex may be more vulnerable to predation than the other. Males may be more vulnerable than females, for example, because of behaviours related to attrac...
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