Share the Love
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Share the Love
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Contributors Julius Arinaitwe , Stuart Butchart , Charlie Butt , Nicola Crockford , Jessica Law , Irene Lorenzo , James Lowen , Noelle Kumpel , Katie Sims , Roger Safford , Margaret Sessa-Hawkins , Terry Townshend , Barend van Gemerden , Nick Williams , Hannah Wheatley apr-jun 2018 Number 1 Volume 40 ISSN 2519-4658
Production Jennifer Meade
science editors Tris Allinson , Ian Burfield , Mike Crosby , Maria Dias , Paul Donald , Vicky Jones , Andy Symes , Zoltan Waliczky , James Westrip
Front cover Painted Bunting Passerina ciris © DesiDrewPhotography / Shutterstock
Editor Alex Dale deputy Editor Shaun Hurrell
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art editor Richard Hood Printed by On Demand Print Services Ltd Printed on processed chlorine-free paper made from at least 80 % post-consumer waste recycled fibre .
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Council of BirdLife International Africa Achilles Byaruhanga ( Uganda ) and Idrissa Zeba ( Burkina Faso ), Asia Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama ( Sri Lanka ) and Shawn Lum ( Singapore ), Americas Peg Olsen ( USA ), Jaqueline Goerck ( Brazil ) and Yvonne A . Arias ( Dominican Republic ), Europe Luís Costa ( Portugal ), Nada Tosheva-Illieva ( Bulgaria ), Fred Wouters ( Netherlands ) and Mike Clarke ( UK ), Middle East Imad Atrash ( Palestine ) and Assad Adel Serhal ( Lebanon ), Pacific Philippe Raust ( French Polynesia ) and Paul Sullivan ( Australia )
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