October 2019 – contents

01 October 2019
Comments Latest issues The BBRC annual report needs little introduction to regular readers, since it is now 60 years since our national rarities committee was first established. Andy Stoddart looks back over the first six decades in his ‘BBRC birthday’ BB eye on p...
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My patch – Shieldhill Farm

01 October 2019
Comments Editorials My patch comprises Shieldhill Farm and some adjoining land, including the Bennan Loch and Lochcraig Reservoir, and lies close to the town of Eaglesham, in East Renfrewshire, around 15 km south of Glasgow. On the edge of the Eaglesham Moor, the farm is ...
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Letter

01 November 1946
Comments Letters S I R S , -- I have observed no less than twenty-three instances between February 27th and March 7th, 1946, where one Rook (Corvus f. frugUegus) was either in or standing upon t h e nest with two attendant Rooks perched close together a t some twelve t o ...
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Reviews

01 November 1946
Comments Reviews Birds in Colour. By Walter Higham. (Collins, 1945). Price 25s. T H I S book comes as something of a shock to those who are acquainted with the excellence of the colour rendering in Mr. Higham's cinematograph films. The gap between colour transparencies an...
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