Rarities committee news

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...
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Mystery photographs

01 September 1994
Comments Main paper A quick glance at the bill of this month's mystery bird (plate 116, on page 442) should have quickly narrowed down the options to a finch (Fringillidae), bunting (Emberizidae) or sparrow (Passeridae). A closer look at the bill reveals a distinct 'S' sh...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1994
Comments Other The two birds shown in plate 94 were named as White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons (37%), Bean Geese A. fabalis (35%), Pink-footed Geese A. brachyrhynchus (14%), Greylag Geese A. anser (8%) and Lesser White-fronted Geese A. erythropus (6%), wi...
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News and comment

01 September 1994
Comments News and comment TRAVELLING in the north of England recently, we came across an interesting piece of wet-meadow land. It did not cover a great area, yet a few breeding Eurasian Curlews Nummius arquata were bubbling overhead and obviously had young nearby. An occasional...
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