News and comment

01 August 1996 Comments News and comment The deliberate placing of poisons in the countryside with die intention of killing wildlife must be one of the most horrendous environmental crimes. A recent report by the Environmental Panel of the Pesticides Advisory Panel indicated that almost one-t...
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Letters

01 August 1996 Comments Letters The recent British Ornithologists' Union conference on 'Feral and introduced birds' prompted Holmes & Stroud (1995) to suggest a possible set of standard terms for describing the status of naturalised birds. Indeed, these terms could equally apply ...
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News and comment

01 April 1995 Comments News and comment Standing on the top of Sletill Hill, the view was fantastic. For early November in Caithness, the weather was no less fantastic: clear blue skies, not a breath of wind, and temperatures that almost warranted shirt sleeves. Away to the east, Loch More w...
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