Seventy-five years ago

01 August 1985 Comments Other 'A few years ago the continued existence of the Kite (Milvus ictinus) as a British species seemed doomed. The bird (except for a rare straggler at long intervals) was, and indeed still is, confined to Wales, and in 1905 the total number surviving was b...
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Fifty years ago

01 November 1981 Comments Other 'Most of the estimates about the Hobby's status are vague and uncertain. During the last twenty years it has deserted several haunts, in others it is decreasing rapidly. The desertion of old strongholds affords a sad but interesting problem. The reason...
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