Notes

01 June 2007
Comments Notes Slavonian Grebe breeding with Great Crested Grebe Puffin with exceptionally heavy tick infestation Eurasian Sparrowhawk attacking Soprano Pipistrelle bat Reed Warbler apparently using willow-bark pieces in nest construction ...
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Recent reports

01 April 1997
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period 10th February to 16th March 1997. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Flying over Portland Bill (Dorset), the...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 April 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 April 1997
Comments Other December's scaly-plumaged bird was obviously a swift Apus, and most entrants (80%) identified it as a Common Swift A. apus; other suggestions were Pallid Swift A. pallidus (16%), Pacific Swift A. pacificus (3%) and White-rumped Swift A. caffer (1%). It...
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Looking Back

01 April 1997
Comments Other One hundred and fifty years ago: 'Occurrence of the Scops Eared Owl at the Scilly Islands.--I received yesterday [12th April 1847] from Mr. James, the steward of the lord-proprietor of the Scilly Islands, a very good specimen of the scops owl. It was r...
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