Diary dates

01 December 1989 Comments Editorials 5th-7th January BTO RINGING AND MIGRATION CONFERENCE. Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire. Details from Chris Mead, BTO, Beech Grove, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5NR 16th January BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' Cl.UB. Jeffery Boswall. Film 'Mov...
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Correction

01 December 1989 Comments Editorials VOLUME 80 479  IDENTIFICATION OF UPCHF.R'S WARBLER Plate 240: 'Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida' should read 'Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida'. VOLUME 81  639 CO-OPERATIVE BREEDING BY LONG-TAILED TITS Line 6: '...
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Announcements

01 December 1989 Comments Editorials Thank you to our sponsors. The Editorial Board would like to give special thanks to the firms and organisations which have helped BB with sponsorship during 1989: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 'The Famou...
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Editorial

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials On 2nd April, the EEC Directive on the conservation of wild birds came into force, two years after its adoption. It covers ten countries, including much of western Europe, stretching as far east as Greece. It improves the conservation laws in all of th...
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Recent prosecutions

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials The Investigations Section of the RSPB's Species Protection Department has been increasingly successful in tracking down and prosecuting egg-collectors, bird-dealers, keepers and others who have stolen eggs or young from nests or killed protected speci...
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Request

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials Birds feeding in foam lines Birdwatchers who frequent lakes and reservoirs will be aware of the streaks of foam which form on the surface in the presence of wind. These streaks are due to a system of vortices in the water called 'Langmuir Circu...
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Announcements

01 May 1981 Comments Editorials Postal sale of original paintings from the Collins Gem Guide to 'Birds' This little guide to British and European birds was published by Collins last autumn at £1.50. The text is illustrated with 111 paintings by Martin Woodcock, and, by arran...
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