Looking back

01 December 2000
Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `I am anxious...to say a few words in reprobation of that wanton and barbarous amusement of swallow shooting, which is followed by some sportsmen (?) during the summer months.The destruction of these useful and very int...
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Recent reports

01 December 2000
Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers the period 16th October to 12th November 2000. November. Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Kilcoole (Co. Wicklow), 11th-12th November. Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Dunwich/Blythburgh/ Minsmere Pied-billed Grebe...
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Monthly marathon

01 December 2000
Comments Other It's a Ruff Philomachus pugnax, isn't it? October's Monthly Marathon picture (plate 300, repeated here as plate 363) is one that I expect many people will have recognised instantly without necessarily being able to put their finger on exactly ...
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Reviews

01 December 2000
Comments Reviews DRAWN TO THE FOREST: THE SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS IN THE NEW FOREST By Robert Burton. The Wildlife Art Gallery, Lavenham, 2000. 128 pages; over 150 colour and black-and-white illustrations. ISBN 0-9526-2363-3. Hardback, £25.00. and Attachment (the ...
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Letters

01 December 2000
Comments Letters Not all readers may be aware of the high numbers of birds of prey that are kept in captivity and the relatively large numbers of these that subsequently escape into the wild. The recent fashion for keeping and breeding hybrid falcons leads to a high pr...
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News and Comment

01 December 2000
Comments News and comment Back in the 1960s, there were a hundred or so breeding pairs of Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni along the Mediterranean coastal strip each side of the mouth of the Rhône in southern France. With the rapid changes in agricultural practices that...
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Tim Sharrock: an appreciation

01 December 2000
Comments Main paper Since the 1970s, the name of Tim Sharrock has been synonymous with that of British Birds. At the beginning of this month, December 2000, Tim retires, an event truly marking the end of an era. Dr J. T. R. Sharrock, universally known as Tim Sharrock, was...
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