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May report

01 September 1976 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The weather during May was generally warm with several hot spells, particularly in the second week, and was dominated by winds from a southerly quarter, which encouraged the overshooting of so...

News and Comment

01 September 1976 Comments News and comment Endangered species The expected failure of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Bill to become law in this Parliamentary session (Brit. Birds, 69: 156157) will allow conservationists and Government alike time to consider the reasoning behind passing...

Recent reports

01 March 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records November saw the beginning of winter in most parts of Britain. Temperatures, although above average, dropped sharply, especially in the third week, and frost and light falls of snow were no...

News and comment

01 March 1973 Comments News and comment B.T.O. conferences This winter, the British Trust for Ornithology has held three of its well-known weekend conferences at Swanwick in Derbyshire. The Annual Conference, during 1st-3rd December, heard a diverse selection of mainly con...

Reviews

01 March 1973 Comments Reviews Handbuch der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Vol. 4. Falconiformes. Edited by U. N. Glutz von Blotzheim, with K. M. Bauer and E, Bezzel. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt a m Main, 1971.943 pages; 3 colour plates; 128 line-drawings and maps. DM 138.00 (s...

Letters

01 March 1973 Comments Letters Crag Martins nesting on buildings With reference to the paper on Crag Martins Hirundo rupestris by Stanley Cramp (Brit. Birds, 63; 239-243), it may be of interest to list the records that I have been able to trace of nests of this species on bu...

Notes

01 March 1973 Comments Notes Spotted Crakes taking food from anglers On 26th September 1972, at a gravel pit in Somerset, I was standing near an angler when from time to time I saw a Spotted Crake Porzana porzana emerge from a narrow belt of reeds behind him and start peck...