Reviews

01 February 1986 Comments Reviews Gulls and Plovers: the ecology and behaviour of mixed-species feeding groups. By C. J. Barnard and D. B. A. Thompson. Croom Helm, London, 1985. 302 pages; 14 black-and-white plates; 10 line-drawings. £25.00.This book--the first of Croom Helm's project...
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Recent reports

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records.0 The dates in this report refer to November 1985 unless otherwise stated. Weather and seabird movements The cold airstream coming from the north at the end of October which introdu...
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News and Comments

01 February 1986 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Sweden's woodpeckers and Cormorants Two of Sweden's rarer breeding species, the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos and the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo&...
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September and October report

01 February 1976 Comments News and comment The weather in early September was mainly anticyclonic but an airstream from the west and south-west took over, being particularly prominent from mid-month with gale force winds on several occasions. In October the picture changed, with many warm, dry ...
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News and Comment

01 February 1976 Comments News and comment Appointments to the Scientific Authority for Animals The Secretary for the Environment has appointed twelve members of the Scientific Authority for Animals to give advice on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fa...
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