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01 January 2015 Comments Other t would be unfair to penalise those competitors whose postcards have been delayed by the British postal strike, or those who were unable to send their entries at all because of blocked postboxes. We are, therefore, extending the deadline from 15th Septemb...

Characters and taxonomic position of Basra Reed Warbler

01 January 2015 Comments Main paper n E u r o p e , the Great Reed W a r b l e r Acrocephalus arundinaceus ranges widely a n d breeds south to the M e d i t e r r a n e a n , extending also to northwest Africa. In Asia, it breeds t h r o u g h the USSR east to about85 C E; farther south, it...

BOU News

01 March 2005 Comments Main paper Should birders and naturalists care about climate change? Here are a few key facts: shifting both eastwards along the winter isotherms and northwards towards their breeding grounds. These changes mean that some sites designated as being important for w...

The gape-line of Steppe Eagle

01 March 2005 Comments Other A widely accepted identification feature of Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis is that the gape-line extends to a point level with, or even beyond, the rear edge of the eye (e.g. Cramp & Simmons 1980, Brown et al. 1982, Newman 1984, Porter et ...

The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2004

01 March 2005 Comments Main paper British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology announce the winner of the Award for BEST BIRD BOOK OF THE YEAR. All books reviewed in British Birds or the BTO publications BTO News and Bird Study during the year 2004 were eligible for consideratio...

Recent declines in populations of woodlandbirds in Britain: a review of possible causes

01 March 2005 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Large declines in the breeding populations and contractions of breeding range have occurred in several woodland birds in Britain in recent decades. Data from the BTO's Common Birds Census indicate that 10 out of 32 woodland species declined by...

Monthly marathon

01 March 2005 Comments Other When asked by another SUNBIRD leader if I would prepare his next Monthly Marathon solution, owing to his busy tour schedule, my first reaction was `not a problem'. My second reaction, on seeing the photograph, was `me and my big mouth!' The bird in Mon...

News and Comment

01 March 2005 Comments News and comment BirdLife International has asked the British Birdwatching Fair (www.birdfair. org.uk) to support arguably the most contentious project in the fair's 17-year history: funding the establishment of a national park in Myanmar (Burma). N&c understands t...

James Allitt Hancock (1921-2004)

01 March 2005 Comments Obituaries ...

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01 March 2005 Comments Reviews WOODPECKERS OF EUROPE: A STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN PICIDAE By Gerard Gorman, illustrated by Szabolcs KÃ³kay. Bruce Coleman Ltd, Chalfont St Peter, 2004. 192 pages, 10 colour plates, numerous line-drawings, colour distribution maps. ISBN 1-872842-05-4. Ha...

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Monthly marathon

Characters and taxonomic position of Basra Reed Warbler

BOU News

The gape-line of Steppe Eagle

The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2004

Recent declines in populations of woodlandbirds in Britain: a review of possible causes

Monthly marathon

News and Comment

James Allitt Hancock (1921-2004)

Reviews

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