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Title: The older history of the White-tailed Eagle in Britain Author(s): Derek W. Yalden Published by: British Birds No. 100, 06th August 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: By subscription from www.britishbirds.co.uk Summary: This article reviews evidence for the former status of White-tailed Eagle in Britain, on the basis of place-names and archaelogical findings. It concludes that there is no doubt that White-tailed Eagles frequented lowland southern Britain during Roman and Anglo-Saxon times.

Title: The fossil and archaelogical record of the Eagle Owl in Britain Author(s): John R. Stewart Published by: British Birds No. 100, 06th August 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: By subscription from www.britishbirds.co.uk Summary: Eagle Owls have bred in northern England in most years since the mid 1990s and this has prompted much debate about their place in British avifauna. The paper reassesses the fossil and more recent archaelogical records of Eagle Owl which suggest that a species closely allied to the modern Eagle Owl , has been present in Britain for up to 700,000 years, through to the end of the last ice age, some 10,000 years ago, and into the Holocene.

Title: The White-tailed Eagle in Sweden - past, present and future Author(s): Bjorn Helander Published by: SOC - Scottish Birds 27, 08th July 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: By subscription from the Scottish Ornithologists Club (SOC) - see www.the-soc.org.uk Summary: This was the inaugural Derek Ratcliffe Memorial Lecture at the February 2006 SRSGs Conference. Much of the historical range of the species has now been recolonised and with a population of 500 pairs the outlook looks good. It is estimated that there is the capacity for 1000 pairs in Sweden and this is the objective.

Title: An unsuccessful attempt to establish Northern Goshawks in Argyll Author(s): Steve J. Petty Published by: The SOC - Scottish Birds No. 27, 08th July 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: By subscription from the Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) - see www.the-soc.org.uk Summary: Details are provided of an unsuccessful attempt to establish a breeding population of Northern Goshawks in Argyll with 11 birds imported from northern Europe between 1969 and 1980. Although breeding attempts were reported these cannot be confirmed. Reasons why the species failed to become established are discussed. A lack of suitable food is considered the most likely cause unlike elsewhere in Scotland where persecution is the main factor restricting population growth.

Title: Factors constraining the distribution of Golden Eagles in Scotland Author(s): D.P.Whitfield, A.H.Fielding, D.R.A.McLeod, K.Morton, P.Stirling-Aird & M.A.Eaton Published by: Bird Study Vol. 54 Part 2, 01st July 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: by subscription from the BTO - www.bto.org Summary: Little evidence was found that recreational disturbance was influential. Only a limited number of territories were abandoned due to commercail planting. Little evidence was found that territories were influenced by changes in carrion abundance. Results were consistent with the hypothesis that persecution was influential - occupied territories tended to decline where persecution was influential and increased where persecution had probably declined.

Title: Status of the Hen Harrier in the UK and Isle of Man in 2004 Author(s): I.W.M.Sim, I.A.Dillon, M.A.Eaton, B.Etheridge, P.Lindley, H.Riley, R.Saunders, C.Sharpe and M. Tickner Published by: Bird Study Volume 54 Part 2, 01st July 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: by subscription from the BTO - www.bto.org Summary: This paper also also included a comparison with the 1988/89 and 1998 surveys. The population of breeding Hen Harriers increased between 1998 and 2004 although country and regional trends differed. Continued illegal persecution arising from perceived conflicts between breeding Hen Harriers and driven Grouse shooting may be a major cause of these regional declines.

Title: Status of Golden Eagle in Britain in 2003 Author(s): M.A.Eaton, I.A.Dillon, P.K.Stirling-Aird & D.P. Whitfield Published by: Bird Study Vol. 54 Part 2, 30th June 2007 ISBN: 00 Price: £0 Availability: by subscription from the BTO - www.bto.org Summary: The third complete survey of Golden Eagles in Britain found 442 pairs. Though the population remains stable there are concerns regarding its future particularly due to the threat posed by persecution. In particular, persecution related to Grouse moor management could be depressing the population in the Eastern Highlands and preventing expansion into suitable habitat which is still unoccupied. It may also be reducing the pool of adult 'floaters' which act as a buffer against adverse population impacts.

Title: Rare Breeding Birds in the United Kingdom in 2003 and 2004 Author(s): Mark Holling and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel Published by: British Birds 100 pp321-367, 13th June 2007 ISBN: n/a Price: £0 Availability: by subscription to British Birds Summary: This is the 31st report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel and covers 2003 and 2004. It is the first report under the stewardship of Mark Holling who is also a member of the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Group. Whilst the report contains many of the records summarised in the 2004 SRMG report it also summarises records of raptors breeding in other areas of the UK.

Title: Wildlife Detective Author(s): Alan Stewart Published by: Argyll Publishing, 09th April 2007 ISBN: 978 1 906134 044 Price: £14.99 Availability: through bookshops or direct from the publishers. Summary: this is a personal account of Alan Stewart's 40 years working in the field of wildlife crime, both as a police officer and latterly as a civilian co-ordinator of Tayside Police Wildlife Crime Unit. Told with predictable humour the book looks at many case histories and charts the recent developments and legislative changes in the effort to combat this particular problem.

Title: Hawk predation on Common Bullfinches Author(s): M.Marquiss Published by: Bird Study - The science of pure & applied ornithology, 01st March 2007 ISBN: ISSN 0006-3657 Price: £0 Availability: By Subscription from the British Trust for Ornithology - www.bto.org Summary: Seasonal patterns of predation and foraging behaviour fir the idea that Bullfinches are vulnerable to predation when a limited choice of food obliges them to forage far from cover. In the presence of Sparrowhawks food abundance and its proximity to cover is a factor.