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Spoon-billed Sandpipers breed in captivity

05 July 2016 Comments News and comment The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one step closer to safety after conservationists hatched the worldâs first captive-bred chicks. Barely bigger than bumblebees and sporting miniature versions of their parentsâ distinctive beaks, the chicks broke ou...

How frigatebirds negotiate the doldrums

01 July 2016 Comments News and comment Some animals live life at the extremes and provide insights into how the natural environment and atmospheric conditions have influenced and shaped their wing and body shape and behaviour. Frigatebirds are unusual in that they have the largest relative wi...

Reintroducing the Cirl Bunting to Cornwall

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BBRC and Yellow Wagtails

01 July 2016 Comments Main paper Abstract This paper describes BBRC’s current approach to vagrant forms of the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava in Britain, and includes examples of recent records from the Rarities Committee’s files. Its purpo...

BB Eye – the next generation

01 July 2016 Comments Editorials It’s a question we’ve all got used to hearing over the years: �...

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Recent reports

01 July 2016 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers ear...

Letters

01 September 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--I read with great interest the paper by Desmond Morris (antea, pp. 33-49) and the subsequent letter by A. J. Bruce (antea, p. 215) in which this subject is discussed. Bruce's theory, that a thrush (Turdus sp.) cannot afford to use its feet owing to...

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