Recent Reports

01 June 1978
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers March and the first half of April; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to March. Despite a rather bright start to the month, March was a dreary period for bird...
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News and Comment

01 June 1978
Comments News and comment Westray mink farm enquiry Following a growing chorus of protests from local and national individuals and conservation organisations, the Secretary of State for Scotland held a public local enquiry under the Town and Country Planning Act at Kirk...
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Announcement

01 June 1978
Comments Editorials 'British Birds' Binoculars and Telescopes Survey The choice of a pair of binoculars has to be made at least once--and probably two or three times--in the life of any birdwatcher. Currently, the range of models on the market is as wide as it has...
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Diary Date

01 June 1978
Comments Editorials This list covers events taking place during July 1978 to June 1979. We welcome the submission of details of events for possible inclusion in the next list, covering January to December 1979.  21st June-8th July SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS ...
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Letters

01 June 1978
Comments Letters Divers and ornithologists C. J. Booth's note regarding disturbance of Red-throated Divers Gavia stellata {Brit. Birds 71: 44) prompts me to suggest that, as ornithologists, we should accept that divers are shy and need to be left in peace. In p...
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Reviews

01 June 1978
Comments Reviews Bird Sounds and their Meaning, By Rosemary Jellis. Foreword by Frank Fraser Darling and drawings by Derek Goodwin. 256 pages; 90 sound spectrograms and numerous marginal drawings of birds. Also, double-sided long-playing record which gives sounds illus...
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Notes

01 June 1978
Comments Notes Cattle Egrets feeding on refuse tip. During a study of scavenging by birds in Uganda, D. E. Pomeroy (Ibis 117: 69-81) observed considerable numbers of Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis feeding on Natate refuse tip in Kampala. Although they were proba...
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Mystery photographs

01 June 1978
Comments Main paper The identification of small waders can be tricky: plumages vary according to age and time of year, with breeding, non-breeding, juvenile and intermediate stages. Learning to know each species by 'jizz' is important, and the ubiquitous Dunlin Calid...
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European news

01 June 1978
Comments Main paper This is the third summary of interesting recent records on the Continent. It is pleasing that 15 nations have supplied data, compared with six for the first summary (Brit. Birds 70: 218-219) and nine for the second (70: 494-496). We hope that still mor...
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