Reviews

01 November 1981
Comments Reviews 'Birdwatching in the Seventies. By Ian Wallace. Macmillan, London, 1981. 183 pages; 38 line-drawings. £7.95.  The most ornithoiogically explored decade in British and Irish history', states Ian Wallace in this new book. Surely he is right...
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Recent reports

01 November 1981
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report refers to August unless otherwise stated. High-pressure systems dominated the weather throughout the month and mainly dry, settled conditions prevailed. During the first week, s...
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News and comment

01 November 1981
Comments News and comment Anti-shooting Since 1976, when it commissioned an independent study into shooting and angling under Lord Medway (now the Earl ofCranbrook), the RSPCA has been reviewing its position on these matters. Now, a year after receiving Cranbrook's report, it h...
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Announcements

01 November 1981
Comments Editorials Peterson Sound Guide special offer Jeffery Boswall has provided us with the information that the 15 discs give 1,088 recordings of 585 species, with a running time of 12 hours; the 16 cassettes give 1,250 recordings of 612 species, with a runni...
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Fifty years ago

01 November 1981
Comments Other 'Most of the estimates about the Hobby's status are vague and uncertain. During the last twenty years it has deserted several haunts, in others it is decreasing rapidly. The desertion of old strongholds affords a sad but interesting problem. The reason...
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Books for Christmas

01 November 1981
Comments Main paper If you want to give (or to receive) a book as a present for Christmas, the following would be among our current choices: *Bill Oddie 's Little Black Bird Book Bill Oddie (Eyre Methuen £4.95) *Birdwatcher's Yearbook 1982 John Pemberton (Bucking...
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Recent reports and news

01 June 1958
Comments News and comment The items here are largelv unchecked reports, and must not be regarded as authenticated records. They are selected, on the present writers' judgment alone, from soiirccs generally found to be reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted for reasons of s...
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Letters

01 June 1958
Comments Letters S I R S , -- U n d e r the above title (anlea, vol. L, p p . 432-434), R. Hewson has usefully drawn attention to the aerobatics-- familiar in individuals--that are sometimes performed by flocks of Ravens (Corvus corax) and has discussed questions suggeste...
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