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News and Comment News and comment Alike Everett and Robin Prytherch Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' Arrested birdwatchers The detention in Shorebird Workshop The Sixth Inter­ early June of two English birdwatchers, national Workshop on the Ecology of Shore- Simon Albrecht and Dennis Buisson, whilst birds will be held under the auspices of the birdwatching in Turkey (Brit. Birds 76: 321) International Waterfowl Research Bureau at has been received with much concern by University College, Cardiff, during 12th- ornithologists in Britain. They were visiting 16th September 1983. The emphasis will be the Meric River (which divides Turkey and on studies of wading birds during the Greece) having obtained written permission breeding season, and the programme will from the Turkish Army. Later, they were include speakers from Britain, Canada, the arrested, pending enquiries into their travel­ Netherlands, Israel, Norway, South Africa ling, birdwatching and taking photographs and the USA. Details and booking forms may in a military zone without permission. After be obtained from: Dr P. N. Ferns, Zoology two weeks in prison, they were released on Department, University College, Cardiff c.Fl bail. At the time of writing (12th July), they IXL, or Dr J. D. Goss-Custard, Furzebrook have just faced another hearing, at which the Research Station, Wareham, Dorset BH20 enquiry was further adjourned because their 5 AS. film, which was confiscated, had not yet been developed. Mallorca guide: 2nd edition The late It is difficult to comment until the full story Eddie Watkinson's famous A Guide to Bird­ is known, but any birdwatchers going to watching in Mallorca is now available in a Turkey would be well advised to contact the much revised and expanded second edition. Turkish Embassy in London to discuss their This booklet is a classic of its kind: if only its trip beforehand. (Contributedby R. F. Porter) lead could be followed in other European Birds of Oman It is good news that The bird hotspots! The 20 introductory pages Birds oj Oman by Michael Gallagher and contain general information covering every­ Martin W. Woodcock is now available in thing the visitor could possibly wish to know, paperback at the remarkably low price of and a further 38 cover site descriptions, with £12.50. The original hard-cover edition (re­ clear maps for all the island's major birding viewed in Brit. Birds 74: 406) was rather too areas. During the main birdwatching expensive for birdwatchers not actually seasons, Pat Watkinson, Eddie's wife, runs visiting Oman; now, many others will be popular twice-weekly get-togethers for bird­ able to enjoy this important guide to the birds watchers in Puerto Pollensa, essential for of a fascinating area of eastern Arabia lying finding out about the latest good birds, and a at the junction of three zoogeographical very pleasant social evening into the bargain. regions, with, besides its own resident The Watkinsons* work in helping birdwatch­ avifauna, many migrants and seabirds. The ing visitors and groups, through their book text is accurate and the paintings most and freely given assistance, has done much to pleasing. An Arabic edition is in preparation. popularise birdwatching on the island. This (Contributed by SC) directly strengthens the hand of local wildlife conservationists, much needed against ever- Raptor bulletin The ICBP World Working present commercial interests. If you are plan­ Group on Birds of Prey published its first ning a first or return visit, this booklet is Bulletin in March 1983. Its 240 pages cover a essential. If you are wondering where to wide range of current topics, including popu­ spend your next foreign birding holiday, it lation censuses, conservation programmes, will probably persuade you to try Mallorca: protection problems, international smugg­ you will not be disappointed! Copies can be ling, and conference reports, from many obtained, postage included, for £3.00 (in different countries. This twice-yearly bulletin sterling cheque or postal order payable to Pat is available, £4.50 or $7.00 post free, from Watkinson), direct from Pat Watkinson, ICBP, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Apartado 72, Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Baleares, Spain. (Contributedby PJG) 360 News and comment 361 Presentation of Bird Photograph of the Year award to David M. Cottridge by Eric Hosking, May 1983 (R.J. Chandler) Bird Photograph of the Year At the Press my shotgun. Beautiful paintings by artists Reception at The Scotch Whisky Association even more masterful than I. That Fuertes, in London on 19th May, the Red Grouse mon Dieu what realisme! And this new trophy and a cheque for £100 were presented marvel, photographie en couleur—I cannot to the winning photographer, David M. believe my eyes . American Birds tells me Cottridge, by Eric Hosking (plate 152). The what birds have been found in every season competition was again sponsored by everywhere from Attu (where is that?) to the Matthew Gloag and Son Ltd, proprietors of Antilles, where I was born. Articles on the The Famous Grouse scotch whisky. dynamique of bird distributions, popula­ tions, on migration and all sortes of subjects 'American Birds' success A one-page new to me. And the Noel Bird Count, fan- advertisement in Audubon, January 1983 tastique! So many thousands of personnes— (circulation 368,644) brought to American the birding event la plusgrandeof the world. Birds 1,718 new subscribers by 12th April Original bound-in recordings, book and 1983, raising its circulation to about 16,000. record reviews, tour listings, surveys scien- The ad was written by the Editor, Robert tifiques . quel journal! You are so lucky to Arbib, a former full-time advertising copy­ be alive in the era of American Birds, fig writer (and speech-writer for Eisenhower newtons and indoor plumbing!" ' (Contributed and Adlai Stevenson). It brought him fan byjejjery Boswall) mail from Roger Tory Peterson and others. Part of it read:' "American Birds is fascinating ... I read every issue couvert to couvert!"— Jean Jacques Audubon, "how much easier Oko-ornithologisches Glossarium We my life's work if only American Birds had been have recently received promotion literature there! It tells me the best places to seek birds concerning a German-English and English- in Amerique du Nord, and even Sud. How to German glossary of ornithological/ecological tell those difficile species apart without using terms. The leaflet contained a paragraph in 362 News and comment English by Stanley Cramp, who also wrote phone runs miles through woodland—and the book's introduction, and part of the broke the line. At last the message came ptrfacR hy \h<t authors (RudoK Rerndx -soad IIMOVK^V. x\\e bvrd \»d gowe.' Wolfgang Winkel), in English as well as in German. One wonders, however, at the pub­ New publications New county reports lishers' common sense, when the accom­ include Birds in Durham 1981 (£2.00 from panying- explanatory letter sent to the BB Durham Bird Club, c/o D. L. Sowerbutts, office is wholly in German. If we could 9 Prebends Field, Gifesgate Moor, Durham translate it easily', we presumably would not DHi IHH); Lincolnshire Bird Report 1981 (£2.00 need their glossary .. .! from Lincolnshire Bird Club, c/o Anne The Glossarium costs DM30 from Duncker Goodall, 3 Kettleby View, Brigg, South & Humblot, Dietrich-Schafer-Weg 9, Post- Humberside DN20 8UD); and, a newcomer to fach 41 03 29, 1000 Berlin 41. the list, The Pembrokeshire Bird Report 1981 (79p over the counter or £ 1.00 by post from West Wales Naturalists' Trust, 7 Market Street, 'Country Life' hat-trick The now annual Haverfordwest, Dyfed). Record Birdwatch brought victory for the New albatross As a change from things third successive year to the Country Lije team, found in Peru, it is pleasant to be able to with 155 species seen or heard on 14th May: report the discovery of a new species of two more than in 1982. The Fauna and Flora albatross, described by J.-P. Roux et al. Preservation Society team, led by Bill Oddie, (1983, L'Oiseau et la Revue Francaise made 145. More details next month ... d'Ornithologie 53: 1-11). Confined to Amsterdam Island in the Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises, it has been named OSME news Bulletin 10 (Spring 1983) of Diomedea amsterdamensis, the Amsterdam the Ornithological Society of the Middle East Albatross. Its population is thought to be contains the important news of the establish­ only 30-50 individuals: this probably ment of a Sites Register Scheme, which sets represents all that remains of a onee-larger out to record important ornithological sites population, reduced in the sadly familiar way in the region, leading on to an assessment of of isolated island species by the depredations conservation priorities and possibilities. The of man and his introduced animals. Its long- scheme deserves your support, if you are delayed discovery by ornithologists is partly birding anywhere in the Middle East, or due to these very small numbers, but also to already know of a site which should go on the fact that its main breeding season (and record. OSME is also setting up a system of therefore its presence ashore) is in the grants towards conservation-orientated southern winter. fiejdwork projects, starting in 1984. Further details are available from OSME, c/o The William Wilkinson Our warmest con­ Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SGI9 2DL. gratulations go to William Wilkinson on his recent appointment as Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council: a difficult Twitching 1940s style We are grateful to post, but one we are sure he will fill with his Andrew Collins for drawing our attention to customary dedication and verve. We wish the following, which appeared in World oj him every success.
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