News and Comment

01 January 2006
Comments News and comment As 2005 drew to a close, the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in poultry in the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine. This was the fourth country in Europe to report bird flu, following outbreaks in October in Romania (dead Mute Swans Cygnus...
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Letters

01 January 2006
Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ...
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Recent reports

01 March 1992
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 17th January to 14th February 1992 Thes e are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Egret Egretta garzetla At least 40 in Britain (about 25 in Cornwall and Devon and one in Scotland), and at least t...
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News and comment

01 March 1992
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Emergency Zones in Peru. In the light of recent killings of British birdwatchers in Peru (Brit. Birds 83: 515, 567; 84: 239), it should be noted that there ar...
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Notes

01 March 1992
Comments Notes Roosting Hen Harrier killed by fox. On the morning of 14th December 1985, while collecting pellets at a communal roost site of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus on Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, I discovered a quantity of grey and white harrier f...
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