News and comment

01 June 2008 Comments News and comment BirdLife Malta and BirdLife International have warmly welcomed the European Court's decision to order Malta not to open the 2008 spring hunting season for Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur and Common Quail Coturnix coturnix. This is an interim ruling pen...
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Reviews

01 June 2008 Comments Reviews A CLIMATIC ATLAS OF EUROPEAN BREEDING BIRDS By Brian Huntley, Rhys E. Green, Yvonne C. Collingham and Stephen G. Willis. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2007. 528 pages; 431 species mapped in colour. ISBN 978-84-96553-14-9. Hardback, £40.00. ...
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Notes

01 June 2008 Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Letter

01 June 2008 Comments Letters I wholly agree with Martin Woodcock and Chris Smout's defence of the reputation of Arthur Newstead, and also their suggestion that once the unsupported implication of fraud is removed, there seems little reason to regard the Cheshire record of Kermadec...
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Foot-and-mouth and birdwatching

01 March 2001 Comments Editorials Foot-and-mouth is the latest in a series of body blows to British farming in recent years. The outbreak of this disease has, however, had ramifications the effects of which extend far beyond those people directly involved with the livestock industry. T...
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Reviews

01 March 2001 Comments Reviews MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION OF WADERS: research and conservation on north Asian, African and European flyways International Wader Studies 10. 1998. 500 pages. ISSN 1354-9944. Paperback, £35.00. Copies available from International Wader St...
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