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 November 1995
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 18th September to 15th October 1995. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus (Cornwall), 13th-14th Octob...
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News and comment

01 November 1995
Comments News and comment We mentioned last month (Brit. Birds 88: 490) that a way had been found of securing money for conservation from the National Lottery through the National Heritage Memorial Fund. News has now reached us that a grant from this fund of £75,147 has been g...
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Reviews

01 November 1995
Comments Reviews Irish Birds. By David Cabot. (HarperCollins, London, 1995. 224 pages. ISBN 0-00-220023-6. Paperback £7.99) The common Irish birds (143 species) each receive one page, including one or two paintings and around 150-200 words of text, covering habitat, b...
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