Reviews

01 September 1983
Comments Reviews British Garden Birds. Video-cassette presented by David Attenborough. BBC Enterprises Ltd, 1981. Duration 72 minutes. The idea of having a simple identification guide to British garden birds which can be viewed at home on the television screen ...
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Short reviews

01 September 1983
Comments Reviews Looking After Cage Birds: keep and care. By David Alderton. (Ward Lock, 1982. £6.95) E.g. budgies. Birds of Britain and Europe. By Neil Ardley. (Kingfisher Books, 1983. Paperback, £1.95) Oh dear! When will Kingfisher Books learn? The illustrations ha...
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Recent reports

01 September 1983
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records  Dates given in this report refer to June unless stated differently. The weather during the first half of the month was unsettled and cold, with frequent rain: the air originat...
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News and comment

01 September 1983
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'   Donana developments The Marismas of the Guadalquivir is one of Europe's greatest wetlands, familiar to British ornithologists through Guy Mountf...
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Announcements

01 September 1983
Comments Editorials 'The Big Bird Race' You heard about it on the grapevine, you read about it in the newspapers, you saw last year's one on television, now you can buy the book! The accounts of the 'Country Life' versus Fauna & Flora Preservation Society 24-h...
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Letters

01 September 1983
Comments Letters The possibility of east Mediterranean Manx Shearwaters occurring in British waters Manx Shearwaters of the race Puffinus p. mauretanicus, known colloquially as the 'Balearic Shearwater', occur regularly off the English south coast during the summer mon...
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Notes

01 September 1983
Comments Notes Hen Harrier with rufous-orange underparts A large harrier Circus with rich rufous-orange underparts was present on Fair Isle, Shetland, from 25th August to 8th October 1982. It was a large, heavy ring-tail, whose silhouette at times recalled Ma...
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