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Rarities committee news

01 March 2009 Comments News and comment Species new to Britain Records of species or subspecies new to Britain are assessed in the usual way, but are then sent to the Records Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union. Acceptance by the BOURC has to be unanimous and publication of such r...

The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures

01 March 2009 Comments ABSTRACT The origins and history of the BBRC, and some of the influences which have shaped its development, form the core of this review. Also examined are data deriving from its activities and publications; comparisons with the methods and experiences...

Purple Martin on Lewis: new to Britain

01 March 2009 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT A juvenile Purple Martin Progne subis was found at the Butt of Lewis,Western Isles, on 5th September 2004 and was still present the following day.This represents the first record of this distinctive North American hirundine for Britai...

Foraging behaviour of Pomarine Skuas off the Suffolk coast in winter 1999/2000

01 March 2009 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Pomarine Skuas Stercorarius pomarinus occur regularly in small numbers in the southern North Sea during the winter months. During winter 1999/2000, exceptional numbers, up to 25, were present along the coast of Suffolk between Decembe...

British Birds – March 2007

01 March 2007 Comments Latest issues ...

Letters

01 March 2007 Comments Letters ...

A statistical examination of the Hastings Rarities

01 August 1962 Comments Open Access of the great flood of rarities from east Sussex and west Kent during the first two decades of this century, from the internal evidence presented by the statistical aspects of the records themselves. The consequences of various hypotheses which assume t...

Editorial: Setting the record straight

01 August 1962 Comments Open Access D E P A R T I N G F R O M our normal pattern, we are devoting the whole of this much enlarged issue of British Birds to a single main subject, known already to some, and soon to be familiar to many, as the case of the Hastings Rarities. Half a century ...

The Hastings Rarities

01 August 1962 Comments Open Access CONTENTS Introduction Definition of the Hastings Rarities Peculiarities of the pattern Comparison with current experience Observers and collectors Prices and collections Possibilities of cool deception Publication and correspondenceO F T H E 520 F O E ...

Notes

01 September 1949 Comments Notes ...

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