News and Comment

01 May 2003 Comments News and comment As the culling frenzy grips the official agencies (Brit. Birds 96: 205), it appears to be catching on with unofficial agencies too. Defra is targeting Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis, the Environment Agency is gunning for American Mink Mustela vison, wh...
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Conservation research news

01 May 2003 Comments News and comment The Dutch Wadden Sea is of international importance for Common Eiders Somateria mollissima, with between 102,000 and 173,000 individuals spending the winter there. In the winter of 1999/2000, beached bird surveys detected a mass mortality even...
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