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Points of view. 15. Hunting, shooting and wildlife

01 May 1986 Comments Main paper Reactions to shooting and hunting are personal, and reflect upbringing as well as subsequent experience. Some of my friends and relations are keen sportsmen, and look forward to relaxing with a gun or riding to hounds. Although I do not hesitate to sho...

PhotoSpot. 20. Hazel Grouse

01 May 1986 Comments Main paper The Hazel Grouse Bonasa bonasia occurs in the boreal and temperate climatic zones, especially but not exclusively in mountainous regions, and reaches its westerly limit in northern and southeastern France. Mountainous areas are favoured: nowadays the V...

Product reports

01 May 1986 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

Mystery photographs

01 May 1986 Comments Main paper Last month's mystery photograph, ofa single white bird along a coastline (plate 112, repeated here), was taken by B. J . Hill at Eilat, Israel, in March 1985. From the bird's plumage, shape, proportions and posture, it is clearly of an egret Egretta. T...

Snowy Owls on Fetlar

01 May 1986 Comments Main paper The Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca was first recorded breeding in Britain in 1967, on Fetlar, Shetland (Tulloch 1968), although it may have nested in the past on other remote Shetland islands (Saxby 1874). The RSPB set up a reserve around the nesting area,...

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