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13 March 2014 Comments News and comment The Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, has announced the first self-imposed ban on spring hunting of Common Quails Coturnix coturnix and Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in the Maltese islands. The PM said that no spring hunting could take pla...

Conservation Research News, by Guy Anderson, Dave Buckingham and Juliet Vickery

31 January 2011 Comments Other Ecology and habitat use of crossbill species in Scotland The Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra, Parrot Crossbill L. pytyopsittacus and Scottish Crossbill L. scotica all breed in Abernethy Forest in Scotland, a...

English names in BB

28 January 2011 Comments Letters With reference to the announcement concerning changes to the English names that BB uses (in the January 2011 issue, Brit. Birds 104: 53), my views are probably known already (having reviewed Birds of the World: recommended English na...

The Golden Eagle (2nd edn), by Jeff Watson

25 January 2011 Comments Reviews Poyser, A&C Black, 20...

Nature Tales: Encounters with Britain's Wildlife, edited by Michael Allen and Sonya Patel Ellis

25 January 2011 Comments Reviews Elliott & Thompson, i...

Where do Waxwings roost?

25 January 2011 Comments Notes As every birdwatcher surely knows, Waxwings have been 'everywhere' this winter But where do they Â roost? No-one seems to have the answer to my question, and even online enquiries seem to have drawn a blank. If anyone can shed any light on the topic aft...

EU funds provide lift-off for reintroduction of Europe's heaviest bird

18 January 2011 Comments News and comment The Great Bustard Project, based on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, has been awarded an EU LIFE+ grant of Ã¢âÂ¬2.2million to enlarge the project over the next five years. The money will pay for more staff, satellite tracking equipment and possibly ...

Two complete migration cycles for an adult Hobby tracked by satellite

14 January 2011 Comments Main paper By Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg, Paul W. Howey, Christiane Meyburg and Klaus Dietrich Fiuczynski ...

The autumn migration of soaring birds at Bourgas Bay, Bulgaria

14 January 2011 Comments Main paper ...

Common Raven taking food from hill-walkers

14 January 2011 Comments Notes On 17th July 2010, in the Mourne Mountains, Co Down, a Common Raven Corvus corax was observed approaching within 5 m of a group of hill-walkers in order to obtain food. I was part of a group of eight walkers who had stopped for food at the North ...

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