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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...

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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Recent reports

01 January 1975 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records An exceptionally early breeding record of Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus came from Osterley Park (Greater London), where a nest contained a hatched chick on 26th February, i...

Reviews

01 January 1975 Comments Reviews A Guide to the Birds of Wales. By David Saunders. Constable, London, 1974. 341 pages; 21 photographs; 17 maps. £2.50. A book on Welsh birds is quite an event; David Saunders has chosen to write a guide to the best birding localitie...

Notes

01 January 1975 Comments Notes Common and Black-headed Gulls flight-feeding over ragwort On the west coast of much of the Outer Hebrides is found the machair, a stretch of flat sandy soil used mainly for growing a mixed crop of rye and oats for animal fodder. Landward of thi...

British bird-photographers. 17 J. F. Reynolds

01 January 1975 Comments Main paper John Reynolds cannot remember a time when he was not fascinated by natural history, though birds did not become his dominant interest until he was about ten. For some years he collected eggs but gave this up when, at fourteen, he began meeting birdwatc...

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