News and comment

01 October 2008
Comments News and comment Bird-of-prey conservation has faced no fewer than three major setbacks in the past month: Defra has confirmed that a bare minimum of raptor species will require registration for captive-breeding in future; one of the first Red Kites Milvus milvus reint...
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Monthly marathon

01 April 1990
Comments Main paper January's problem photograph (plate 10) was named as Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris (59%) , Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens (12%), Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (6%), Short-toed Lark C. brachydactyla (4%), Skylark...
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Recent reports

01 April 1990
Comments News and comment These unchecked reports refer to the period 10th February to 15th March 1990. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Singly at five localties in Norfolk and Suffolk. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Blyth Estuary (Northumberland), 12th March. Bonaparte'...
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News and comment

01 April 1990
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. R & M Conference 1990. The 22nd BTO Ringing and Migration Conference, attracting 341 participants, was held at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, from 5th-...
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Request

01 April 1990
Comments Editorials Systematic counts of Lapwings or Golden Plovers. I am keen to collate information regarding seasonal changes in the numbers of wintering Lapwings Vanellus vanellus and Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria, and the timing of cold-weather emigrations by th...
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Announcements

01 April 1990
Comments Editorials Young Ornithologists of the Year. The results of the 1989 competition, run as usual by the Young Ornithologists' Club and sponsored by British Birds, were as follows: JUNIOR (under 10 years old) 1st HUW PRIOR (8) of Chichester, West Sussex 2nd CAROLINE...
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Fieldwork action

01 April 1990
Comments Editorials Atlas fieldwork in the Irish Republic: grants for expeditions and job vacancies To ensure coverage of the New Breeding Atlas is complete by the end of the 1990 field season, the BTO is providing grants towards the expenses of Atlas fieldwork expedition...
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