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№ 2, 2004

Brief review

Information about the BirdLife International partnership is placed on page 2.

Results of the competition "Nightingale - the Bird of the Year 2003" are presented on page 3. Brief informattion on the forthcoming Birdwatch'2004 is placed on the same page.

News from abroad are given on pages 4 and 5. They include information about the extinction of Crested Ibis and Sociable Lapwing, public fight against wind farm in Bulgaria, key UK wetlands saved from airport development plans and new Important Bird Areas Caretaker Scheme getting a boost in Denmark, and some news in brief.

The Danube Biosphere Reserve is under threat due to the construction of a shipping channel. Detailed information is given on pages 6 and 7.

Spoonbill: its biology and state of European populations of the bird are described on page 7.

An article about Partridge, its life-style and vital problems is given on pages 8 and 9.

An article about feeding biology and diet of White Stork is presented on pages 10 and 11.

How to support Mallard's existence on artificial reservoirs? Information is given on page 11.

The diversity of birds in various habitats in Ukraine is depicted in an article on pages 12 and 13.

Essays about various birds (lesser geese, herons, nightjars, jays), their biology and behaviour are presented on pages 14 and 15.

A regular fragment of a book by R. Sorysh devoted to the falcon hunting is given on pages 16 and 17.

Information about Anual Meeting of the International workgroup on geese which took place in Odessa, on March 5 - 10 is given on pages 18 and 19.

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