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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Seventy-five years ago

01 March 1986
Comments Other 'SHAG IN SUFFOLK. ON January 23rd, 1911, an immature Shag (Phalacrocorax graculus) was sent to me by post with a request to name it, and the following account of its capture:--"My son was riding his bicycle home the other evening about 7.30, and the bi...
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Recent reports

01 March 1986
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to December unless otherwise stated. Wet, cloudy, westerly weather with aboveaverage temperatures persisted throughout most of the month until 26th, ...
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