Recent reports

01 November 1997
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period from 15th September to 12th October 1997. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Rostellan (Co. Cork), 9th-12fh Oct...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 November 1997
Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most-recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Reviews

01 April 1986
Comments Reviews The Birds of Australia: a book of identification. By Ken Simpson and Nicolas Day. Croom Helm, London, 1985. 352 pages; 128 colour plates; many line-drawings. £25.00. Until the publication of this book, visitors to Australia had the choice of two ...
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Recent reports

01 April 1986
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to January unless otherwise stated. After two days of unsettled, mild westerlies at the beginning of the month, cold air arrived from the north, brin...
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News and Comment

01 April 1986
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' . Djibouti II. The Preliminary Report of their second expedition to Djibouti has been prepared by Geoffand Hilary Welch and makes mouthwatering reading—60,897 Ste...
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Announcements

01 April 1986
Comments Editorials EXCLUSIVE OFFER TO 'BB' SUBSCRIBERS. 'Shorebirds: an identification guide to the waders of the world' We should like to remind readers that this book can still be  ordered at the special reduced prepublication price, avail...
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Letters

01 April 1986
Comments Letters Escapes? Some years ago, Derek Goodwin and the late Derrick England published some long comments on the problem for birdwatchers of escaped cage birds (Brit. Birds49: 339-349; 67: 177-197). Since those papers, a new generation of birders has appeared, ...
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