Search

Reviews

01 June 2009 Comments Reviews AVES DA AMAZÃNIA BRASILEIRA/BIRDS OF AMAZONIAN BRAZIL By Tomas Sigrist. Avis Brasilis, 2008. 470 pages; 204 colour plates; several line-drawings; numerous colour maps. ISBN 978-85-60120-04-8. Paperback, £34.99. Available in the UK exclusively from NH...

Notes

01 June 2009 Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...

Conservation research news

01 June 2009 Comments News and comment One of the most widely recognised impacts of climate change concerns the phenology of biological events. Since birds tend to time their breeding to coincide with peaks in food availability, climate change has the potential to disrupt this match. Christ...

American Herring Gull in Cheshire & Wirral: new to Britain

01 June 2009 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT The discovery of a first-winter American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus in Cheshire & Wirral, in late February 1994, is described. At that time, American Herring Gull was treated as the North American race of Herring Gull L. arg...

The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

01 June 2009 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This is the fourth major review of the status of birds occurring in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.We present Red, Amber and Green lists of conservation concern based on assessments using objective listing criteria and using the most ...

Recent reports

01 June 2009 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers early April 2009 to early May 2009. Headlines As a whole, the period had a decidedly southern or southeast European feel, with spring overshoots including a long-awaited Crested Lar...

News and comment

01 June 2009 Comments News and comment More birds are at risk of extinction than ever before: the latest Red List of threatened species lists 192 species as Critically Endangered, two more than last year's total. A total of 1,227 species (12% of the world total) are classed as Globally Thre...

British Birds – June 2009

01 June 2009 Comments Latest issues ...

Recent Reports

01 June 1991 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 12th April to 9th May 1991 (February to 9th May for common migrants; first date listed is date of first report). These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Black Stork Ciconia nigra Sko...

Monthly marathon

01 June 1991 Comments Other When Steve Young supplied the transparency of the wader featured as the sixth stage in this 'Marathon' (plate 7), the competition's compiler queried the photographer's identification, since the bird was 'obviously' a Little Stint Calidris minuta and no...

Stay at the forefront of British birding by taking out a subscription to British Birds.

Subscribe Now