Rarities Committee news

01 September 2010
Comments News and comment Following the request in BB (p. 313) and elsewhere for candidates to replace our longest-serving member, John Sweeney, in June 2010, Chris McInerny was nominated by Bob McGowan and seconded by Ron Forrester. Consequently, there was an election to decide w...
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News and comment

01 September 2010
Comments News and comment Two out of five of the UK's natural World Heritage sites are in danger of being added to a blacklist because non-native rats and mice are killing and eating the unique bird species confined to them. At a UNESCO meeting in Brasilia in early August, the UK ...
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John Gooders (1937-2010)

01 September 2010
Comments Obituaries John Gooders, who did more than most to broaden the horizons of Britain's bird- watchers, died on 18th May 2010 after a long illness, aged 73. He was a prolific author and his books guided many of us in learning about birds. I first knew of John in 197...
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Reviews

01 October 1983
Comments Reviews The Birds of Africa. Volume I. By Leslie H. Brown, Emil K. Urban and Kenneth Newman. Academic Press, London, 1982. 521 pages; 28 colour plates; 4 black-and-white plates; many line-drawings and maps. £53.40. This is a huge book: just as heavy a...
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Recent reports

01 October 1983
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked - ~ reports, not authenticated records Dates in this report refer to July except where stated otherwise. In contrast to the cool unsettled spring weather, July was one of the hottest on record. A warm anticyclonic ar...
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News and comment

01 October 1983
Comments News and comment White-tailed Eagles breed again After eight years, during which 52 young Whitetailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla have been released on Rhum, Inner Hebrides, breeding has at last been attempted. Eggs were laid in two nests, but none hatched: a g...
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