Front Matter

Escape from mediocrity: a new approach to American waterfowl hunting regulations

5-13

Distribution and abundance of Tule Geese in California and southern Oregon

14-20

The structure and behaviour of the Whooper Swan population wintering at Caerlaverock, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland: an introductory study

21-36

A census of the Icelandic Whooper Swan population

37-47

Numbers, composition and distribution of populations of Anatidae wintering in West Africa

48-60

Characteristics of wetlands used by migrant dabbling ducks in Oklahoma, USA

61-70

The impact of hard winters on waterfowl populations of south Sweden

71-80

'Nonsense' orientation in Mallard; a resum and an investigation of the mechanism of a sun-compass

81-92

A lunar rhythm in the nocturnal foraging activities of wintering Barnacle Geese

93-96

The role of digestibility in the selection of spring feeding sites by Brent Geese

97-105

The El Kala wetlands of Algeria and their use by waterfowl

106-118

Winter feeding of the Crane in cereal farmland at Gallocanta, Spain

119-131

Dominance in wintering Anatinae: potential effects on clutch size and time of nesting

132-134

Feeding convergence of Gadwall, Coot and other herbivorous waterfowl species wintering in the Camargue: a preliminary approach

135-142

Activity of Black Ducks nesting along streams in northeastern Nova Scotia

143-150

Clutch predation in relation to nest density in Mallard and Tufted Duck

151-156

Breeding waterfowl on British inland waters in 1980

157-172

A simple device for determination of incubation stages in eggs

173-178

Numbers of swans and ducks in Britain, 1982-83

179

Numbers of geese in Britain and Ireland, 1983-84

180

Ringing by the Wildfowl Trust, 1983

181

Wildfowl Trust avicultural report, 1983

182-183

Publications, 1983, by or with the assistance of Wildfowl Trust staff and facilities

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