The first 100 years

01 January 2009 Comments Strictly speaking, this editorial should have appeared in the June 2007 issue, when British Birds will be truly 100 years old. For practical purposes, however, we have decided to celebrate BB's centenary throughout 2007 and Vol. 100 of the journal. The...
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Letter

01 July 1946 Comments Letters SIRS,---The statement (antea, p. 58) of Fr. Haverschmidt t h a t " I t seems that field observations are inadequate on this point, at least in Great Britain " is an injustice to British ornithology and ornithologists. As far back as 1896 there is evidence...
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Notes

01 July 1946 Comments Notes Ox February 22nd, 1946, I received word from David Reid that a pair of Ravens {Corvus c. corax) were building a nest in a small Ayrshire heronry. I visited the site two days later and the nest, which could be distinguished from the Herons' by the presenc...
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