News and comment

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...
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British Birds April 2013

03 April 2013
Comments Latest issues BB eye Ghosts and American Goshawks, by Conor Jameson News & comment Organochlorine pesticides and birds In the second paper in our series to mark the research interests of Stanley Cramp, Ian Newton looks at the impact of pesti...
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Silent Spring

01 April 2013
Comments News and comment At this time of year I am regularly out surveying Woodlarks on the Thames Basin Heaths. By now, several pairs would normally have nests on my local patch. It's not unknown for some to have young by the beginning...
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