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The Wildfowl Trust 1961-62
THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WILDFOWL TRUST 1961-62 edited by HUGH BOYD illustrated by PETER SCOTT Price Seventeen Shillings and Sixpence Net PRINTED FOR THE WILDFOWL TRUST BY F . BAILEY & SON, LTD. DURSLEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1963 THE WILDFOWL TRUST Patron : Her Majesty The Queen President : H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke o f Edinburgh, k .g ., k .t . Vice-Presidents : Captain R. G. W. Berkeley The Rt. Hon. the Lord Howick of Glendale, g .c .m .g ., K.C.V.O. General Sir Gerald Lathbury, g .c .b ., d .s .o ., m .b .e . Sir Percy Lister Trustees : His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, k .g ., p .c ., g .c .v .o . The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Mansfield Hun. Treasurer : Guy Benson Hon. Director : Peter Scott, c .b .e ., d .s .c . Council : John Berkeley K. Miller Jones ( f ) Dr. Bruce Campbell (s) Dr. J. Robertson Justice Michael Crichton ( f ) R. E. M. Pilcher (s) H. H. Davis Dr. G. W. Storey (s) J. O. Death ( f ) Miss P. Talbot- ( f ) Harold C. Drayton ( f ) Ponsonby Captain J. A. Fergusson- Sir Landsborough Cuninghame Thom son, c .b ., o .b .e . {Chairman of S.A.C.) A. G. Hurrell (M inistry of Education Assessor) Major General C. B. Wainwright, c .b . ( s ) J. Jamieson ( f ) G. M. Jolliffe (f ) Member of Finance Committee; (s) Member of Scientific Advisory Committee. Scientific Advisory Dr. A. J. Cain Dr. R. A. Hinde Com m ittee : Dr. H. D. Crofton Dr. E. Hindle, f .r .s . Dr. F. Fraser Darling, R. C. Homes F.R .S.E . -
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1 On shoulders of giants: 70 years of science for conservation published in Wildfowl EILEEN C. REES1 & ANTHONY D. FOX2 1Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire GL2 7BT, UK. 2Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Kalø, Grenåvej 14, DK-8410 Rønde, Denmark. Abstract This 70th annual issue of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s scientific journal Wildfowl, which commenced life as the First Annual Report of the Severn Wildfowl Trust in 1948, provides a timely opportunity to review and celebrate the wealth of knowledge and pioneering research published in its pages over the decades. During this time it has disseminated the results of scientific studies undertaken globally on wildfowl and their wetland habitats, providing an invaluable source of information required to understand and conserve these species. In this retrospective editorial, we therefore review the heritage and evolution of the journal, its core role within the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (publisher of the journal), major papers published through its history, and recent advances in recognition of the journal in the 21st century. Key words: heritage, impact factor, Peter Scott, publications, sound science, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Seventy-two years since it first appeared, in niche as a major scientific journal, initially 1948, as the First Annual Report of the Severn specialising in wildfowl and more recently Wildfowl Trust, this 70th standard issue of the broadening its remit to include other Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s scientific waterbirds and their wetland habitats, journal Wildfowl provides a timely opportunity with papers submitted from across the to look back on the evolution of the journal globe. Even with the advent of new titles in and the wealth of knowledge and pioneering recent years, it is currently one of only research published within its pages over the 28 ornithological journals included in the decades. -
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Obituaries Janet Kear (1933-2004) Following the devastating diagnosis in Sep- was hard not to fall under her spell. And as if all tember 2004 that she had a brain tumour, Janet this was not enough, she made the most won- Kear, in her typical matter-of-fact fashion, went derful gravy and mixed a mean gin and tonic home to order her affairs in her beloved Devon for her guests! country cottage by the River Mole on the King’s Whilst Janet will, of course, be remembered Nympton estate. That done, she accepted for her sharp intellect, vast breadth of knowl- devoted care in South Molton Community edge and her incredible achievements, it was her Hospital from early November, until she passed passion, warmth and humility that moved and away peacefully on 24th. With her passing, we inspired so many from various different walks lost a warm friend, an outstanding scientist, a of life. Janet was truly for birds and for people. conservationist of enormous standing and an It was no coincidence that she was just as able unrivalled authority on global wildfowl. to melt hard-nosed businessmen into con- For a waterfowl fanatic, it was impossible to tributing funds to develop her beloved Martin sit in Janet Kear’s picture window at Martin Mere Centre as she was to lend a hand ‘scribing’ Mere and gaze out over the multitude of water- and mucking in with a team of muddy ringers birds without feeling close to heaven. Spectac- cannon-netting Pink-footed Geese Anser ular view or not, it was equally impossible to be brachyrhynchus on the Mere. -
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WILDFOWL 21 Published by the Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge 1 9 7 0 Editors: G. V. T. Matthews and M. A. Ogilvie The Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucester, England Cover painting by Peter Scott Line drawings by Peter Scott, Thierry Robyns de Schneidauer, Robert Gillmor and others. Price 25/Od. (£1.25) ($3.40). Postage extra Issued free to Life and Full Members of the Wildfowl Trust Printed f o r th e w il d f o w l t r u s t by THE BERKSHIRE p r in t in g Co. l t d ., Reading, Berkshire, England, 1970 Contents The endemic ducks of remote islands. David Lack page 5 The swans and geese of Alaska’s Arctic Slope. James G. King 11 Distribution and numbers of the Pink-footed Goose in central Iceland, 1966-69. C. J. K. Bulstrode and D. E. Hardy 18 Winter wildfowl counts in south-east Europe and western Turkey. Alan Johnson and Heinz Hafner 22 Redbreasts in Rumania. Peter Scott 37 Ecology of the Danube, with special reference to waterfowl in Lower Austria. Antal Festetics and Bernd Leisler 42 The waterfowl of Mongolia. Eugeniusz Nowak 61 The comparative ecology of waterfowl in north Queensland. H. J. Lavery 69 The Auckland Islands Merganser. Janet Kear and R. J. Scarlett 78 The Marbled Teal. Brian Hawkes 87 Wildfowl distribution, conservation and research in southern Africa. W. R. Siegfried 89 The moult migration of Yorkshire Canada Geese. A. F. G. Walker 99 The daily pattern of display in a wild population of Eider Duck. Martyn L.