News and Comment

01 January 2006
Comments News and comment As 2005 drew to a close, the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in poultry in the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine. This was the fourth country in Europe to report bird flu, following outbreaks in October in Romania (dead Mute Swans Cygnus...
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Letters

01 January 2006
Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ...
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Recent reports

01 March 1989
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 13th January to 10th February 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Billingham (Cleveland), from at least 31st January. Long-billed Dowitcher L...
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Monthly marathon

01 March 1989
Comments Other December's wader (Brit. Birds 81: plate 353) was named by entrants as: Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta (73%) Least Sandpiper C. minutilla (12%) Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (7%) Temminck's Stint C. temminckii (3%), with a small n u m b e r of entr...
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News and Comment

01 March 1989
Comments News and comment Official opening by Tony Soper o f'The ZEISS West Germany Wild Goose Observatory' at The Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, November 1988. Left to right, Dr Brian Bertram (Director General), Lady Scott, Sir Peter Scott, Miss Eileen Parsons (Z...
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