Reviews

01 June 1994 Comments Reviews Birds of Skokholm. By Michael Betts. Bioline, for the Dyfed Wildlife Trust, Cardiff, 1992. 74 pages; 19 line-drawings; 76 histograms and graphs. ISBN 0-9520432-0-3. Paperback £4.50. This book gives a concise, readable account of data gathered sin...
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BirdLife International news

01 April 1993 Comments Editorials Polish promise. In February, the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP) recruited its 1,000th member, just one year alter its formal launch in February 1992. I( also produced the first issue of its membership magazine. These excellent a...
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Reviews

01 March 1993 Comments Reviews H a n d b o o k o f the Birds o f Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. vol. VI: warblers. By S. Cramp et at. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992. 728 pages; 31 colour plates; numerous line-drawings. ISBN...
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ICBP news

01 March 1993 Comments Editorials In Focus County Birdrace. Entries are now being taken for this year's In Focus County Birdrace. As usual, the event is open to teams of four, and the aim is to see as many species of bird as possible within the boundaries of a single county i...
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ICBP news

01 October 1992 Comments Editorials Puna Grebe new.s Bad news on the Puna Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii, endemic to Lake Junin in Peru and one of the world's most threatened birds. Once abundant, the population was estimated to have dropped to 200-300 individuals in 1987, but terrorist act...
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Fieldwork action BTO news

01 August 1992 Comments Editorials Once in a while, BTO survey results bring great cheer. The Peregrine Survey of 1991 is one such instance. The survey has revealed that the Peregrine Falco peregrinus has reached a new high in its population level in Britain. There are now at least 1,05...
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ICBP news

01 August 1992 Comments Editorials Agriculture in eastern Europe--a call for co-operation. A major concern that was highlighted at the ICBP's European Continental Section Conference in Aachen, Germany, this May was that agricultural developments in eastern Europe should not result in de...
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ICBP news

01 April 1992 Comments Editorials Racing for the steppes. Next month there is the annual County Bird Race: a chance to test your birding skills, as well as raise money for top-priority conservation. If you had taken part in the County Bird Race 200 years ago, and were competing in East...
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