News and comment

01 December 1995 Comments News and comment In July, the Severn Estuary was classified as a Special Protection Area for Birds (SPA) under the EC Birds Directive, and as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The site, on both the English and the Welsh sides, covers in...
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Reviews

01 December 1995 Comments Reviews Bird Identification: a reference guide. By Kristian Adolfsson & Stefan Cherrug. SOF, Lund, 1995. 379 pages. ISBN 91-86572-24-5. Paperback, Europe: 220 SEK (+60 SEK if cheque); rest of World: 240 SEK (+60 SEK if cheque). The standard researcher...
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Reviews

01 December 1974 Comments Reviews The Seabirds of Britain and Ireland. By S. Cramp, W. R. P. Bourne and D. Saunders. Collins, London, 1974. 287 pages; four colour and eight black-and-white plates; 32 maps, linedrawings. £3.50. This long-awaited book gives an excellent survey o...
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Notes

01 December 1974 Comments Notes Hen Harriers' hunting behaviour in south-west Scotland Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus are generally regarded as solitary hunters. For example, J. J. and F. C. Craighead (1956, Hawks, Owls and Wildlife) found that in winter Marsh Hawks C. c. hudsonius had ...
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