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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Reviews

01 August 1983
Comments Reviews The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland. By James Ferguson-Lees, Ian Willis and J. T. R. Sharrock. Michael Joseph, London, 1983. 336 pages; 1,800 coloured illustrations. £7.95. The publisher's description on the back cover claims, with jus...
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Recent reports

01 August 1983
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Dates in this report refer to May except where stated otherwise. The weather during the month was dominated by slow-moving depressions crossing the country, bringing unsettled, ver...
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