October 2019 – contents

01 October 2019
Comments Latest issues The BBRC annual report needs little introduction to regular readers, since it is now 60 years since our national rarities committee was first established. Andy Stoddart looks back over the first six decades in his ‘BBRC birthday’ BB eye on p...
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My patch – Shieldhill Farm

01 October 2019
Comments Editorials My patch comprises Shieldhill Farm and some adjoining land, including the Bennan Loch and Lochcraig Reservoir, and lies close to the town of Eaglesham, in East Renfrewshire, around 15 km south of Glasgow. On the edge of the Eaglesham Moor, the farm is ...
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Rarities committee news

01 January 2008
Comments News and comment Although it is more than two years since Canada Goose was split into two species, Greater Branta canadensis and Lesser Canada Goose B. hutchinsii, neither species is currently on category A of the British List. Both species apparently...
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News and comment

01 January 2008
Comments News and comment The discovery of a new bird taxon is always exciting; if it is a wader, and a migratory one at that, it is not only exciting, but also almost unbelievable. David Bakewell and BB Assistant Editor Peter Kennerley are to be congratulated (and envied) for ...
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