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01 April 2009 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers early February 2009 to early March 2009. Headlines In a quiet period, the highlights included an Ivory Gull and an early Great Spotted Cuckoo in Co. Cork, the returning Pacific Dive...

News and comment

01 April 2009 Comments News and comment Climate change is already having a detectable impact on birds across Europe. This is the message from a group of scientists who have created the world's first indicator of the impacts of climate change on wildlife at a continental scale. `We hear a lot...

Reviews

01 April 2009 Comments Reviews CONSIDER THE BIRDS: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO By Colin Tudge. Allen Lane, London, 2008. 482 pages; numerous line-drawings; five text figures, two as pull-outs. ISBN 978-1-846-14097-6. Hardback, £25.00. This was a difficult book to review. It must ...

Notes

01 April 2009 Comments Notes Morph ratio of Eleonora's Falcon of Sicily Corn Crake pair-bonding and nesting behaviour A precssion by a Common Snipe and its chicks Great Black-backed Gull killing a rival and stealing mate Red-rumped Swallow nesting i...

Letter

01 April 2009 Comments Letters Black Brants and the problem of intergrades The curious case of the disappearing storm-petrel ...

Obituary - Eric Simms (1921-2009)

01 April 2009 Comments Eric Simms, writer, broadcaster, film producer and pioneer of wildlife sound recording, died on 1st March 2009 at the age of 87. Throughout a lifetime dedicated to the study and promotion of wildlife and conservation, Eric deservedly earned his place a...

A 25-year study of breeding Greenshanks

01 April 2009 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Breeding Greenshanks Tringa nebularia have their British stronghold in Sutherland and Caithness, which hold 44% of the national population. In a 1,200-ha study area in north Sutherland, a 25-year study found a high density of breeding Greensha...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2006

01 April 2009 Comments Main paper In 2006, coverage was broadly similar to that in 2005, with at least minimal data available from all counties and regions (fig. 1). Neither detailed submissions for all relevant species nor copies of local bird reports were available for Angus & Du...

The Index of Heron Population, 1944

01 May 1945 Comments Main paper The number of reports on sites occupied by Herons in 1944, which were received at the Edward Grey Institute, was i n . Of these 77 were in England, 6 in Wales, 8 in Scotland and 20 in Ireland. We are indebted to 55 informants, of whom a considerable numbe...

Notes from Fair Isle, 1939-45

01 May 1945 Comments Main paper IN the spring of 1944, George T. Arthur (G.T.A.), and the writer (G.W.), visited Fair Isle, Shetland, between March 28th and April 17th. In autumn, the island was again visited by the writer between August 14th and 21st. Eighty-seven different species and...

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