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01 February 1993 Comments Editorials Blue Tits and flowering currants. It has been known since 1917 that Blue Tits Parus caeruleus feed on the nectar of the flowering currant Ribes sanguineum, which flowers from February to April. The tit pecks a 1-mm to 2-mm oval hole in the ba...

Rare Breeding Birds Panel

01 April 1973 Comments Editorials In 1968 the council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds established a subcommittee, known as the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, to collect together in one place the records of rare breeding birds in Britain. This subcommittee consisted of A. W...

Editorial: Introductions and escapes

01 April 1973 Comments Editorials The current project to re-establish the Great Bustard Otis tarda as a breeding species in Britain has focused attention once again on the merits of these and other introductions, just as did the abortive venture a few years ago to settle some young Whi...

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Editorial: Introductions and escapes

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