Rarities committee news

01 January 2008
Comments News and comment Although it is more than two years since Canada Goose was split into two species, Greater Branta canadensis and Lesser Canada Goose B. hutchinsii, neither species is currently on category A of the British List. Both species apparently...
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News and comment

01 January 2008
Comments News and comment The discovery of a new bird taxon is always exciting; if it is a wader, and a migratory one at that, it is not only exciting, but also almost unbelievable. David Bakewell and BB Assistant Editor Peter Kennerley are to be congratulated (and envied) for ...
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Reviews

01 January 2008
Comments Reviews COLLINS FIELD GUIDE –­ BIRDS OF THE PALEARCTIC: PASSERINES By Norman Arlott. HarperCollins, London, 2007. 240 pages; 80 colour plates; numerous distribution maps. ISBN 978-0-00-714705-2. Hardback, £25.00. there is currently little available informa...
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Optimising digital images

01 January 2008
Comments Main paper Once the shutter has been pressed, most igital photography has opened up a images can be substantially improved by photowhole new world for many birders, editing software. Just about all compact cameras while for seasoned bird photographers come with b...
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Mystery photographs

01 March 1977
Comments Main paper The set of the body, the length of the folded wings and tail, the small head and the clear supercilium may at first suggest that this wader (plate 11 on page 73) is a sandpiper of the genus Tringa. The back pattern, however, and also the size and shape...
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