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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Monthly Marathon

01 February 1996
Comments Other With Christmas and New Year postal delays still affecting incoming mail from overseas, even in mid January, we are extending the deadline for receipt of entries for the fourth stage of the current Marathon (December's plate 221). So far, seven species ...
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Looking Back

01 February 1996
Comments Other Fifty years ago, a Note reported on: 'COMMON GULLS NESTING ON BIRCH TREES. In June, 1945,  during a period of leave spent on Upper Deeside (Aberdeenshire), I noted on several occasions Common Gulls (Larus c. canus), perching on trees near the...
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Recent reports

01 February 1996
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 18th December 1995 to 14th January 1996. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Still present at Nimmo's P...
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