Request

01 April 1990 Comments Editorials Systematic counts of Lapwings or Golden Plovers. I am keen to collate information regarding seasonal changes in the numbers of wintering Lapwings Vanellus vanellus and Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria, and the timing of cold-weather emigrations by th...
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Announcements

01 April 1990 Comments Editorials Young Ornithologists of the Year. The results of the 1989 competition, run as usual by the Young Ornithologists' Club and sponsored by British Birds, were as follows: JUNIOR (under 10 years old) 1st HUW PRIOR (8) of Chichester, West Sussex 2nd CAROLINE...
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Fieldwork action

01 April 1990 Comments Editorials Atlas fieldwork in the Irish Republic: grants for expeditions and job vacancies To ensure coverage of the New Breeding Atlas is complete by the end of the 1990 field season, the BTO is providing grants towards the expenses of Atlas fieldwork expedition...
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Announcements

01 April 1979 Comments Editorials 'Bird Illustrator of the Year* and 'The Richard Richardson Award' The closing date for entries for these competitions is 31st May 1979. Artists are invited to submit four line-drawings: full details were given in the January issue {Brit. Birds ...
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Requests

01 April 1979 Comments Editorials Survey of food washing and dunking by birds There are scattered records of birds of many orders dipping food into water. The functions probably extend beyond the role of food washing, and dunking to moisten, lubricate and soften the food may be...
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