Conservation Research News

01 October 1998
Comments News and comment A census of Common Scoters Melanitta nigra in Britain and Ireland, carried out by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in 1995, has estimated the population at 100 pairs in the Republic of Ireland and 95 pairs in the United Kingdom. In the last 30 years, ...
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Letters

01 February 1993
Comments Letters The Cape Clear 'Griffons' The difficulty which Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus have in maintaining flapping flight for substantial periods over the sea makes it highly improbable that the five unidentified eagle-like birds observed flying past Cape Clear ...
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Reviews

01 February 1993
Comments Reviews Grouse in Space and Time: the population biology of a managed gamebird. By Peter J. Hudson. Game Conservancy, Fordingbridge, 1992. 63 colour plates; 61 line-drawings. £25.00. Over nine million acres of upland Britain are maintained in a highly ar...
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