Recent reports

01 August 1981
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not autnenticated records Dates in this report refer to May unless otherwise stated. The high-pressure region in mid Atlantic, which had caused the cold northerly weather of late April, declined by 5th, and ...
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News and comment

01 August 1981
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of the editors of British Birds Aulla Conference From 30th May to 1st June, the first Italian Ornithological Conference was held in Aulla, a small town at the base of the Nort...
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Requests

01 August 1981
Comments Editorials Readers' likes and dislikes Please help us to modify BB to suit your tastes by completing the readership questionnaire on the pull-out page in the centre of this issue. Wing-tagged Grey Herons A number of nestling Grey Herons Ardea cinerea in F...
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Announcements

01 August 1981
Comments Editorials Book offers It helps BB's finances if you order these books from us: Birdwatching in the Seventies by Ian Wallace (Macmillan) £7.95 post free. A Notebook of Birds--1907-1980 by Jim Flegg (Macmillan) £6.95 post free. Fr...
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Notes

01 August 1981
Comments Notes Predation on Manx Shearwaters by grey seals On most evenings during early August 1976, large flocks of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus fed on the tide race between South Bishop Lighthouse and Ramsey Island, Dyfed. Regular gathering...
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Recent reports

01 May 1973
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records February 1973 was a mild, relatively dry month. There was a distinct change in the weather around 11th-12th when north-westerly winds brought snow over much of Britain. From about 16th to 1...
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News and comment

01 May 1973
Comments News and comment Restricting trade in endangered species One of the hazards threatening scarce animal and plant species has been the international, and usually commercial, trade in live specimens and in products from dead ones, such as skins and pelts. In an en...
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Letters

01 May 1973
Comments Letters The Moorhen's ability to remain submerged A recent note by R. W. Robson (Brit. Birds, 65: 299-300) and the appended editorial comment suggest that it is unusual for Moorhens Gallinula chloropus to submerge for long periods of time, especially w...
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Reviews

01 May 1973
Comments Reviews Waders in New Zealand. By Elaine Power. Collins, Auckland and London, 1972. 21 plates, with two-page key. £1.75. This book is the second in a series intended to present pleasant collections of bird portraits, so prompting a wider interest in t...
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