Expeditions

01 April 1983
Comments Main paper This is the third of these features on ornithological expeditions; our first reports appeared in April 1979 and May 1981 {Brit. Birds 72: 139-142; 74:218-223). Leaders of expeditions within the western Palearctic (and also by British and Irish ...
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Notes

01 April 1983
Comments Notes Nesting association between Little Grebes and Moorhen,  and aggression of Little Grebes On 23rd May 1979, at Tadmarton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, I found the nest of a Moorhen Gallinula chloropus containing seven eggs built over wa...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 April 1983
Comments Other 'The Little Owl (Athene noctua) cannot now be regarded as anything more than an introduced species in these islands owing to the fact that so many have been "turned down" in various parts of the country. The interest in its possible migrations to Engla...
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Mystery photographs

01 April 1983
Comments Main paper Last month's warbler (plate 57, repeated here) should have been identified instantly by readers with long memories, for Irene Neufeldt's photograph originally appeared in British Birds some 15 years ago (60: plate 31a). Let us, however, start from scra...
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Recent reports

01 April 1983
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records All dates refer to January, unless otherwise stated. Wet, very windy westerly weather was the dominant feature of the month, with temperatures being above the monthly average. An anti-cyclo...
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News and comment

01 April 1983
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' The Verney affair. Many conservationists were shocked to learn that Sir Ralph Verney is not to be reappointed Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council whe...
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Requests

01 April 1983
Comments Editorials Birds in central northern France. Many British ornithologists have visited Champagne, especially the large lakes of Der-Chantecoq and Foret d'Orient. The Centre Ornithologique Champagne-Ardenne would be very grateful for details of observa...
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