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A ‘Grey-bellied Brant’ in Norfolk

01 September 2020 Comments Main paper ...

Carrion Crows killing juvenile Black-headed Gull

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Letter

01 April 2009 Comments Letters Black Brants and the problem of intergrades The curious case of the disappearing storm-petrel ...

Monthly marathon

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Further developments in 'Black Brant' identification, including the effects of body moult on the wintering grounds

01 June 2003 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT In recent winters, several examples of apparent intergrades between dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla and `Black Brants' B. b. nigricans have been documented in Britain and elsewhere in Europe. A bird in Norfo...

Letters

01 September 2002 Comments Letters While it came as no great surprise to the observers of the `Dungeness petrel' (Brit. Birds 95: 156-165) that the record was rejected, this feeling merely reflects what we take to be a widespread view among observers: that the BBRC finds it very difficu...

Unusual Brent Geese in Norfolk and Hampshire

01 March 2002 Comments Main paper Two unusual Brent Geese Branta bernicla, seen in winter in Norfolk and Hampshire, are discussed in this paper.They appeared superficially similar to the North American and east Siberian race nigricans (‘Black Brant’), but a number of ...

Notes

01 September 2001 Comments Notes It is well known that a staple component in the diet of European Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus is social wasps (Vespidae), in particular their pupae and larvae... ...

Notes

01 March 2000 Comments Notes At 08.51 GMT on 19th October 1995, near Keyhaven, Hampshire, I noticed a Great Skua Catharacta skua in fierce pursuit of a Little Egret Egretta garzetta about 1 km away over nearby saltmarsh. The egret was soon seized by the left wing and tumbled into ...