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White-winged Scoter in North-east Scotland: new to Britain

13 March 2015 Comments Open Access By Chris Gibbins, Paul Baxter and Hywel Maggs Abstract A White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi of the nominate race, which breeds in North America, was found amongst the large summering scoter flock at Blackdog, North-ea...

The BBRC review of British records of Redhead

12 March 2015 Comments Main paper From the Rarities Committee's files: How the Redheads got the chop: By Martin Garner and Adam Rowlands Abstract A review of all the British records of Redhead Aythya americana was undertaken b...

RSPB Scotland warns time is running out for T in the Park as ospreys start returning to UK

11 March 2015 Comments News and comment RSPB Scotland has warned that time is running out to reduce the impact of T in the Park on wildlife at Strathallan Castle, in Perthshire. The wildlife conservation charity criticised the organisers, DF Concerts Limited, as appearing poorly organised and ...

Report on scarce migrant birds in Britain in 2011-12: part 1, non-passerines

10 March 2015 Comments Main paper By Steve White and Chris Kehoe Abstract This report presents data on the non-passerine scarce migrants recorded in Britain during 2011-12. To a large extent, the patterns illustrated here continue some long-term trends, with good ...

Illegal killing of songbirds on British military base in Cyprus reaches record levels

09 March 2015 Comments News and comment The numbers of trapped songbirds killed illegally on a British military base in Cyprus last autumn reached an estimated 900,000 birds - the highest level recorded in 12 years, according to the latest RSPB-funded research of trapping activity on the Dhek...

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Illegal killing of songbirds on British military base in Cyprus reach record levels

06 March 2015 Comments The numbers of trapped songbirds killed illegallyon a British military base in Cyprus last autumn reached an estimated 900,000 birds - the highest level recorded in 12 years, according to the latest RSPB-...

Good news for garden birds

05 March 2015 Comments 2014 was a good year for garden birdsThanks to decent weather and plenty of resources, gardens were not inundated with our common garden birds according to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch. This year could be very different, howeve...

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