News and comment

01 June 2019 Comments News and comment Compiled by Adrian Pitches Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of British Birds. Withdrawal of General Licence provokes backlash from shooters The capitulation by Natur...
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Recent reports

01 October 1971 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary covers July 1971, and all dates refer to that month unless otherwise stated. A wreck of sprats at Teesmouth (Co. Durham/Yorkshire) in the third week attracted thousands of gulls a...
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News and Comment

01 October 1971 Comments News and comment Puffins in peril This is the title of an article by Dr J. J. M. Flegg in a recent issue (no. 46) of BTO News, published by the British Trust for Ornithology. Dr Flegg, who has been studying the Puffin colonies on St Kilda for several years, has concluded ...
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Recent reports

01 October 1971 Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is mainly concerned with the rarer species in August and the first three weeks of September, but also includes a few July reports received too late for the August issue (Brit. B...
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News and Comments

01 October 1971 Comments News and comment Pesticide residues in Osprey's egg.--The Osprey egg which failed to hatch in the second nest in Scotland this year (see 'News and comment', August 1964) was found to contain four parts per million of D D E and less than 0.05 p.p.m. of dieldrin and DDT. It...
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