Announcements

01 April 2003 Comments Editorials Many reviews of county avifaunas are currently taking place, which involves examining records of rarities that occurred before 1950. Some of these records have been found wanting, and both BBRC and BOURC have, in some cases, been asked to help with the...
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Announcements

01 September 1991 Comments Editorials Rare Breeding Birds Panel. The work of the Panel has been supported since its inception in 1973 by British Birds, the BTO, the NCC and the RSPB. In April 1991, however, the NCC ceased to exist, its functions being taken over by three separate bodies: E...
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Fieldwork action

01 September 1991 Comments Editorials Are Nightjar numbers still on the way down? The first sign of a decline in numbers of Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus was in 1952, and, since the BTO Nightjar Survey of 1957-58, the trend has been one of a continuing decrease, especially in the North a...
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