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Monthly marathon

01 August 1999 Comments Other The affinities of the dumpy, small-billed bird depicted in June's photograph (plate 104, repeated here as plate 159) may not have been immediately obvious to some readers, the bird perhaps bearing a resemblance to a dove Streptopelia or even a lark (Al... Read More

Letters

01 August 1999 Comments Letters I completely agree with the comments of Dr J. T. R. Sharrock (Brit. Birds 92: 62-63) and Anthony McGeehan (Brit. Birds 92: 212-213), and so do many others whom I know. I should, however, like to remind Mr McGeehan that, although Ireland is indeed a che... Read More

Announcements

01 August 1999 Comments Editorials Subscribers can claim a 10% reduction on the following overseas birdwatching trips in the year 2000 with the bird-tour company, `Sunbird'. 12th-20th February NORTHERN ISRAEL with Sean McMinn and Hadoram Shirihai, for winter specialities such as Imperia... Read More

News and comment

01 September 1972 Comments News and comment Foulness wildlife study When the Foulness area was chosen for the Third London Airport, the Government promised that funds would be available for a study of the airport's impact on the wildlife environment of the region. Long after some of us had given up... Read More