Letters

01 August 1995 Comments Letters The female Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater at Jomfruland, Kragero, Telemark, Norway, on 1st June 1987 was not just 'found dead' as stated by McKay (1994). The bird was alive and feeding with Greenfinches Carduelis Moris on the ground in the garden of ...
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Recent reports

01 March 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records November saw the beginning of winter in most parts of Britain. Temperatures, although above average, dropped sharply, especially in the third week, and frost and light falls of snow were no...
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News and comment

01 March 1973 Comments News and comment B.T.O. conferences  This winter, the British Trust for Ornithology has held three of its well-known weekend conferences at Swanwick in Derbyshire. The Annual Conference, during 1st-3rd December, heard a diverse selection of mainly con...
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