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01 August 1981 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not autnenticated records Dates in this report refer to May unless otherwise stated. The high-pressure region in mid Atlantic, which had caused the cold northerly weather of late April, declined by 5th, and ...

News and comment

01 August 1981 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of the editors of British Birds Aulla Conference From 30th May to 1st June, the first Italian Ornithological Conference was held in Aulla, a small town at the base of the Nort...

Requests

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Readers' likes and dislikes Please help us to modify BB to suit your tastes by completing the readership questionnaire on the pull-out page in the centre of this issue. Wing-tagged Grey Herons A number of nestling Grey Herons Ardea cinerea in F...

Announcements

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Book offers It helps BB's finances if you order these books from us: Birdwatching in the Seventies by Ian Wallace (Macmillan) £7.95 post free. A Notebook of Birds--1907-1980 by Jim Flegg (Macmillan) £6.95 post free. Fr...

BB'-Sunbird Tour of Israel, April 198

01 August 1981 Comments Editorials Although migration was slack, all the participants agreed that this trip was a great success. Local specialities seen included Brown Booby Sula leucogaster, Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis, Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus, Barbary Falcon Fa...

Notes

01 August 1981 Comments Notes Predation on Manx Shearwaters by grey seals On most evenings during early August 1976, large flocks of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus fed on the tide race between South Bishop Lighthouse and Ramsey Island, Dyfed. Regular gathering...

Country, regional and bird observatory recorders in British and Ireland

01 August 1977 Comments Editorials The main aims of this list of bird recorders and editors are to ensure that observers on holiday away from their home areas send records to the right people, to encourage co-operation at the inter-county and intra-county levels, and to provide a source...

Recent Reports

01 August 1977 Comments News and comment [We are pleased to announce that S. C. Madge, recently co-opted on to the Rarities Committee (Brit. Birds 70: 307), has joined K. Allsopp as co-author of this feature. EDS] This report covers May and the first part of June. Unless otherwi...

News and Comment

01 August 1977 Comments News and comment An oily spring The first half of 1977 has been distinguished by the occurrence of five at least equally interesting and instructive oil pollution incidents, which have received vastly different amounts of comment. On 13th February, 80 tons o oil e...

Request

01 August 1977 Comments Editorials Photographers are reminded that colour transparencies and black-and-white prints taken during 1977 will be eligible for the second 'Bird Photograph of the Year' award. The rules will be the same as in 1976 (Brit. Birds 69: 421). Entries should not be s...

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