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BBRC says goodbye to birders' favourites

01 January 2006 Comments Editorials The number of records that the BBRC assesses has grown rapidly, while at the same time some observers are becoming less willing to submit descriptions for species that they feel are `less' rare. Following a consultation with County Recorders and record... Read More

Letters

01 January 2006 Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ... Read More

The Northern Bullfinch invasion of autumn 2004

01 January 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A record invasion of `Northern Bullfinches' Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula occurred in Britain in autumn 2004. It also affected many other parts of Europe with birds being recorded as far afield as Iceland, Ireland, Italy and Bulgaria. As... Read More

Recent reports

01 August 2004 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid June to mid July 2004. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Gart Gravel-pits (Lothian), 19th-20th June; Pennington Flash (Greater Manchester), 8th-9th July. Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus 5 km SW of Bishop Ro... Read More