Recent reports

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid August to mid September 2004. Canvasback Aythya valisineria Private site (Kent), 15th August. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Chew Valley Lake (Somerset), 20th August to 1st September. Zino's/Fea's Petrel Pterod...
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News and Comment

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment The decline of the Corn Crake Crex crex is a familiar, if depressing, story. Mechanical mowing and the early harvesting of crops, before the end of the breeding season, have had a catastrophic effect on Corn Crakes in Britain and across much of western Eu...
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Conservation research news

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment One of the assumptions that scientists often make about territorial birds is that individuals will choose the best breeding sites available. Consequently, when populations are small, every individual occupies a high-quality site but, as populations grow, ...
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The Carl Zeiss Award 2004

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper One of the difficulties for the judging panel of the Carl Zeiss Award, for photographs of rarities assessed by the BBRC during the preceding year, is that we have to think of something new to say in our report each year. This year it was easy, in fact it ...
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AudouinÕs Gull: new to Britain

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A second-summer Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii was found at Dungeness, Kent, on 5th May 2003. It lingered in the area for the remainder of the day, commuting between the shore and nearby pools on the RSPB reserve. It was present again the followi...
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Monthly marathon

01 April 1990 Comments Main paper January's problem photograph (plate 10) was named as Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris (59%) , Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens (12%), Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (6%), Short-toed Lark C. brachydactyla (4%), Skylark...
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Recent reports

01 April 1990 Comments News and comment These unchecked reports refer to the period 10th February to 15th March 1990. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Singly at five localties in Norfolk and Suffolk. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Blyth Estuary (Northumberland), 12th March. Bonaparte'...
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News and comment

01 April 1990 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. R & M Conference 1990. The 22nd BTO Ringing and Migration Conference, attracting 341 participants, was held at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, from 5th-...
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Request

01 April 1990 Comments Editorials Systematic counts of Lapwings or Golden Plovers. I am keen to collate information regarding seasonal changes in the numbers of wintering Lapwings Vanellus vanellus and Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria, and the timing of cold-weather emigrations by th...
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