BB eye – In memoriam

01 July 2014
Comments Editorials One hundred years ago this month Europe entered a war that was to kill millions. Men from all walks of life, including birdwatchers and ornithologists, volunteered or were called to fight for their country and many died. Derek Niemann (Birds in a C...
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Reviews

01 July 1952
Comments Reviews The Greenshank. By Desmond Nethersole-Thompson (Collins, 1951). 15s. In The Handbook's account of the Greenshank it was evident t h a t much of our knowledge of the species was due to Mr. Nethersole-Thompson, but it needed the publication of this book to ...
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Notes

01 July 1952
Comments Notes Long-tailed Tits' unorthodox nesting arrangements.--On April 21st, 1951, the writers found the nest of a Long-tailed Tit (Mgithalos caudatus) in the main fork of an apple tree near Brandon, Suffolk. Such a site' is unusual in East Anglia, and the nest ha...
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