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...
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Recent Reports

01 May 1978
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers February; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. The first week stayed fairly mild, but on 8th very cold continental polar air arrived from the eas...
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News and Comment

01 May 1978
Comments News and comment An enormous Atlas Think of some 3 million square miles, habitats as diverse as tropical forest and true desert, with all sorts of stages between; then think about 720 species of birds, many of them rare and some of them almost unknown; and then...
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Announcements

01 May 1978
Comments Editorials 'The "British Birds" List of Birds of the Western Palearctic' Established subscribers received their free copy of this list with either the March or April issue of British Birds. New subscribers should claim their copy by sending their latest a...
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Letters

01 May 1978
Comments Letters Field identification of Black-throated Diver in winter Mystery photograph 14 (Brit. Birds 71: 34) was very interesting and instructive. It illustrated clearly the distinctive white thigh patch of Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica, which I have...
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