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13 March 2014 Comments Letters D o some Wallcreepers migrate? Recent letters by David Elias, H. G. Alexander and Guy Mountfort on the movements of the Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria referred respectively to observations in Cyprus (Brit. Birds, 63: 393-394) and the Indo-Pakistan subc...

The debate on dredging: effectiveness vs risk

14 February 2014 Comments News and comment Widespread dredging could make flooding in some communities worse in future - not better - according to a new report published by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and endorsed by the Blueprint for Water coalit...

Early birds fall on hard times

13 February 2014 Comments News and comment St Valentine's Day is traditionally the time when birds start to choose their mates, with egg-laying for most resident species commencing in March or April. For a handful of birds, including Tawny Owl, Mistle Thrush and Dipper, nesting may already be unde...

A History of Polish Birds, by Zygmunt Bochenski, Zbigniew M. Bochenski and Teresa Tomek

13 February 2014 Comments Reviews Institute of Sys...

The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2013

12 February 2014 Comments Main paper British Birds...

Bewick's Swan 50th 'swanniversary'

11 February 2014 Comments News and comment One of the lo...

Finding Birds in South Portugal, by Dave Gosney

10 February 2014 Comments Reviews Easybirder, 2013; DVD (78 mins) and ...

Scottish Ornithologists' Club tops 3,000 members

07 February 2014 Comments News and comment Membership of the SOC ...

Nest productivity of Woodlarks: a case study on the Thames Basin Heaths

06 February 2014 Comments Main paper John Eyre and Jim Baldwin Abstract The factors affecting the nest productivity of Woodlarks Lullula arborea breeding in the Thames Basin Heaths were investigated over four breeding seasons, 2009-12. Woodlark nests were located and th...

Fregetta storm-petrel in Avon: new to Britain

05 February 2014 Comments Main paper Allan Gaunt, Richard Greer and John P. Martin Abstract A Fregetta storm-petrel was seen off Severn Beach, Avon, on 25th November 2009. This represents the first accepted European record of a storm-petrel from...

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