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01 August 1981 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not autnenticated records Dates in this report refer to May unless otherwise stated. The high-pressure region in mid Atlantic, which had caused the cold northerly weather of late April, declined by 5th, and ...

News and comment

01 August 1981 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of the editors of British Birds Aulla Conference From 30th May to 1st June, the first Italian Ornithological Conference was held in Aulla, a small town at the base of the Nort...

Requests

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Readers' likes and dislikes Please help us to modify BB to suit your tastes by completing the readership questionnaire on the pull-out page in the centre of this issue. Wing-tagged Grey Herons A number of nestling Grey Herons Ardea cinerea in F...

Announcements

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Book offers It helps BB's finances if you order these books from us: Birdwatching in the Seventies by Ian Wallace (Macmillan) £7.95 post free. A Notebook of Birds--1907-1980 by Jim Flegg (Macmillan) £6.95 post free. Fr...

BB'-Sunbird Tour of Israel, April 198

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Although migration was slack, all the participants agreed that this trip was a great success. Local specialities seen included Brown Booby Sula leucogaster, Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis, Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus, Barbary Falcon Fa...

Notes

01 August 1981 Comments Notes Predation on Manx Shearwaters by grey seals On most evenings during early August 1976, large flocks of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus fed on the tide race between South Bishop Lighthouse and Ramsey Island, Dyfed. Regular gathering...

Recent Reports

01 April 1978 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers January and the first part of February; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to January. The year started with a fury of gales causing havoc and extensive flood...

News and Comment

01 April 1978 Comments News and comment SOC conference The Scottish Ornithologists' Club annual conference--always one of the year's highlights for those attending--took place during 20th-22nd January. After many years at The Hydro, Dunblane, and then a move to Stirling University, t...

Request

01 April 1978 Comments Editorials Breeding birds of British and Irish islands Information is sought for a study aimed at identifying the major factors influencing island bird populations and species distributions. Any previously unpublished details of breeding birds (especially...

Letters

01 April 1978 Comments Letters Golden Eagle killing red deer calf I am prompted by C. J. Northeast's note (Brit. Birds 71: 36-37) to draw attention to A. Baxter Cooper's excellent first-hand account of an immature Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos killing and attempting to lift...

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