Recent reports

01 November 1997
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period from 15th September to 12th October 1997. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Rostellan (Co. Cork), 9th-12fh Oct...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 November 1997
Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most-recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Reviews

01 May 1980
Comments Reviews Guide to Living Birds. By J. E. Webb, J. A. Wallwork and J. H. Elgood. Macmillan Press, London, 1979. 291 pages; many figures and maps. £4.95.  This is claimed to be a reference work for the university undergraduate studying birds, and to...
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Recent reports

01 May 1980
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report refers to February and unless otherwise stated all dates refer to that month, The westerly airflow during the first half of the month brought mainly mild conditions asAtlantic d...
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News and comment

01 May 1980
Comments News and comment Bird-killing in the Mediterranean This is the title of a report which gives the first comprehensive overview of the killing of migratory birds in the Mediterranean; for each country, except Libya and Albania, information on the number and speci...
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Requests

01 May 1980
Comments Editorials Glaucous Gulls in winter 1979/80 Unusual numbers of Glaucous Gulls Larus hyperboreus have been reported, especially in the Midlands and southwest England, during winter 1979/80. To document and discuss this influx in a short paper in Briti...
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Announcements

01 May 1980
Comments Editorials Society of Wildlife Artists' exhibition The dates of this annual event have been changed from those given in 'Diary dates' (Brit. Birds 72: 598599); the new dates are 29th July to 11th August 1980. New member for Rarities Committee The votes of...
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