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01 September 1975 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records May was generally a cold, wet month, with an interesting period between 8th and i ith as a depression moved east across Britain bringing rain and low cloud with east and north-east winds. Many...

News and comment

01 September 1975 Comments News and comment Grants for nature conservation The Nature Conservancy Council announced on i ith August that it had just awarded 90 grants, totalling £50,000, to encourage nature conservation by voluntary bodies, local authorities and private individuals. The large...

Reviews

01 January 1952 Comments Reviews A History of the Birds of Durham. By G. W. Temperley (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (New Series) vol. ix, 1951). Price 15s. The County of Durham has in the past been overshadowed by its larger neighbour Northumbe...

Notes

01 January 1952 Comments Notes Effect of a snow-storm on breeding birds.--With reference to the article on this subject (antea, vol. xliv, pp. 57-59), Mr. C. E. BruceGardyne reports that in April, 1949, he had under observation nests of a Blackbird (Turdus merula) and a Song-Thrush (T...

The status of the Black-headed Gull colony at Ravenglass

01 January 1952 Comments Main paper there is an interesting association of several species of sea and shore birds breeding on the Drigg sandhills opposite Ravenglass in large numbers, the site has received little serious study and is generally known only for the size of the colony of Black-...

Head flagging in the Black-headed Gull; Its function and origin review

01 January 1952 Comments Main paper (Dept. of Zoology, Oxford University) STUDIES of the reproductive behaviour of various birds and fish have led to the conclusion that many elements of courtship, threat, and other types of display are " derived " movements. Some of these, such as the peck...

Studies of some species rarely photographed. XXXV. The Long-tailed Skua

01 January 1952 Comments Main paper Photographed by R. CHISLETT and P. O. SWANBERG. (Plates 1-8). THE present series of plates shows very well the handsome and striking plumage of the adult Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). In addition to the great length and flexibility of the ...

The status of the Lesser Black-backed Gull

01 January 1952 Comments Main paper THE main purpose of the Enquiry, conducted with the help of the British Trust for Ornithology in the winters of 1949-50 and 1950-51, was to obtain definite information on the present winter status of this species in the British Isles and, if possible, to ...

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