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01 March 2009 Comments News and comment Species new to Britain Records of species or subspecies new to Britain are assessed in the usual way, but are then sent to the Records Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union. Acceptance by the BOURC has to be unanimous and publication of such r...

The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures

01 March 2009 Comments ABSTRACT The origins and history of the BBRC, and some of the influences which have shaped its development, form the core of this review. Also examined are data deriving from its activities and publications; comparisons with the methods and experiences...

Purple Martin on Lewis: new to Britain

01 March 2009 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT A juvenile Purple Martin Progne subis was found at the Butt of Lewis,Western Isles, on 5th September 2004 and was still present the following day.This represents the first record of this distinctive North American hirundine for Britai...

Foraging behaviour of Pomarine Skuas off the Suffolk coast in winter 1999/2000

01 March 2009 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Pomarine Skuas Stercorarius pomarinus occur regularly in small numbers in the southern North Sea during the winter months. During winter 1999/2000, exceptional numbers, up to 25, were present along the coast of Suffolk between Decembe...

British Birds – March 2007

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01 May 1963 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I n t h e article on Incubation, b y Mr, Erie B. Dunlop (antea, p. 109), t h e writer s a y s : " Another bird which rears few young compared to t h e number of eggs it lays is t h e Great-erested Grebe. Four or five eggs are very frequently ...

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01 May 1963 Comments Notes FOE some years now I have been paying particular attention to the nestlings of common birds. It is of course now known to all ornithologists that the parents keep the nest clean (as a general rule) by carrying away the excrement, and often by swallowing ...

The Sequence of Plumages of the Rook, With Special Reference to the Moult of the " Face."

01 May 1963 Comments Main paper I T has always been a disputed point as to whether the Rook (Oorvus f. frugihgus) gets its bare " face " by means of abrasion of the feathers or by a moult. Most ornithologists have favoured the moult theory or have regarded it as a " natural peculiarity....

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Rarities committee news

The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures

Purple Martin on Lewis: new to Britain

Foraging behaviour of Pomarine Skuas off the Suffolk coast in winter 1999/2000

British Birds – March 2007

Letters

Letters

Notes

The Sequence of Plumages of the Rook, With Special Reference to the Moult of the " Face."

Reviews

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