Recent Reports

01 October 1973
Comments News and comment An unusual report for the time of year was of a Great Northern Diver Gavia immer in full summer plumage at Blackpill (Glamorgan's on 16th. Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus were numerous in the North Sea during the month, and northerly movements were ...
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News & Comments

01 October 1973
Comments News and comment Nature Conservancy reorganisation It is now over a year since the idea of splitting the Nature Conservancy's research functions from its management and advisory r&les was outlined in a Government White Paper, the proposal being that the Res...
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Letters

01 October 1973
Comments Letters English bird names Although the editors disclaim responsibility for opinions expressed in 'News and comment', may I be allowed to join friendly issue with Robert Hudson about his remarks on the subject of English names of birds (Brit. Birds, 66...
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Reviews

01 October 1973
Comments Reviews A Revised List of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Birds. By Edwin Cohen and John Taverner. Oxford Illustrated Press, 1972. vii + 180 pages; 32 photographs; one map and 42 linedrawings. £2.50. Shortly before he died in 1970, Edwin Cohen beg...
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Notes

01 October 1973
Comments Notes Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall 'foot-paddling' to disturb organisms I was interested in the note by Philip A. Gregory and John Cantelo and in the accompanying editorial comments (Brit. Birds, 64: 76-77) on a Sabine's Gull Larus sabini persistentl...
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