Recent Reports

01 April 1984 Comments News and comment We are sorry to report that Rob Hume, co-author of this feature for over four years, since October 1979, has decided that his job as editor of the YOC magazine Bird Life involves him in quite sufficient deadlines without adding those associated with th...
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Reviews

01 March 1984 Comments Reviews Weather and Bird Behaviour. By Norman Elkins. Illustrated by Crispin Fisher. Poyser, Calton, 1983. 239 pages; 31 black-and-white plates; over 30 line-drawings. £12.60.  The subject matter of the book deals mainly with the effects of the n...
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Recent reports

01 November 1983 Comments News and comment The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. The hot, dry anticyclonic weather of July continued, albeit slightly cooler in the first two weeks of August as high pressure to the west produced north to northeast winds. Hot south to ...
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Recent reports

01 October 1983 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked - ~ reports, not authenticated records Dates in this report refer to July except where stated otherwise. In contrast to the cool unsettled spring weather, July was one of the hottest on record. A warm anticyclonic ar...
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Recent reports

01 September 1983 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records  Dates given in this report refer to June unless stated differently. The weather during the first half of the month was unsettled and cold, with frequent rain: the air originat...
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Recent reports

01 August 1983 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Dates in this report refer to May except where stated otherwise. The weather during the month was dominated by slow-moving depressions crossing the country, bringing unsettled, ver...
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Recent reports

01 March 1983 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports not authenticated records. All dates refer to December unless stated otherwise, but many late November records are also included. Please remember that reports are required as quickly as possible after the end...
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Recent reports

01 February 1983 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records All dates refer to November unless stated otherwise. During the first week, high pressure nearby on the Continent blocked the passage of Atlantic depressions, with resultant warm southerly ...
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Recent reports

01 January 1983 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated lecords All dates refer to October unless stated otherwise. The month was dominated by unsettled cyclonic weather with frequent fronts, but with generally mild conditions. During the first fortnigh...
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Recent reports

01 December 1982 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records All dates refer to September, unless otherwise stated. For the first eight days of the month, high pressure to the south maintained a westerly flow across most of the country. A sma...
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