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01 February 1995 Comments News and comment Although the Chinese say they acquired it from Eastern Europe, it appears that a particularly virulent virus that affects Old World Rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus spread into Europe from China in about 1984. Within ten years it had probably killed over ...

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01 February 1995 Comments Reviews In Search of the Cirl Bunting, by Andrew Cole, Devon. 1993. 127 pages; 26 colour plates; 20 black-and-white plates; 10 distribution maps; 4 line drawings; 10 tables; 3 graphs. ISBN O 9521242 0 3. £25.00. After years of casual birding, Andrew Cole...

Beidaihe, China: East Asian hotspot

01 February 1995 Comments Main paper China has come a long way since 1958 when 'Sparrows [probably meaning any passerine], rats, bugs and flies' were proscribed as pests and a war declared on them. The extermination of a reputed 800,000 birds over three days in Beijing alone was apparentl...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1992

01 February 1995 Comments Main paper This is the twentieth annual Report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. It sets out, in the now well-established format, details of the breeding, probable breeding and possible breeding records for each species on the Panel's list. The amount of informat...

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01 August 1994 Comments News and comment SERIOUSLY CONCERNED that the seas around our island are suffering from neglect and mismanagement, the RSPB, in launching its Marine Life Campaign, says urgent action is needed to protect the most important areas for wildlife and promote the sustainable...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1991

01 August 1994 Comments Main paper This is the nineteenth annual Report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, and its publication signals the retirement, through ill-health, of Robert Spencer as Secretary of the Panel. Bob took over from Tim Sharrock in 1983. Tim was the first Secretary, an...

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01 August 1994 Comments Reviews Wildwatch Information System, version 2, with UKMap. 3.5-in. or 5.25-in. computer disc, 44-p. manual. Computer Concepts (Northern), South Shields, 1994. £79.00. Input your bird records with date, place, grid reference, numbers, etc., and output t...

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