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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

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Irish seabird islands

01 February 1980 Comments Main paper Although Ireland is not large in area, the mainland and associated islands have a coastline of over 4,000 km. There are just over 1,000 islands of a significant size (i.e. large enough to appear on the standard 1:126,720 Ordnance Survey maps in us...

Ireland's winter visitors and passage migrants

01 February 1980 Comments Main paper As a result of the small size of the country, its position on the western fringe of the European land-mass, its relatively uniform climate and the scarcity of deciduous woodland, Ireland's breeding avifauna is comparatively impoverished. A glance at Th...

Irish bird sites

01 February 1980 Comments Main paper This list of 51 Irish ornithological sites is intended to give an indication of the types of habitat and species encountered at areas chosen for their variety and geographical distribution; it is not an attempt to catalogue the localities most imp...

Topography and habitats of Ireland

01 February 1980 Comments Main paper Ireland lies on the European continental shelf, directly north of Portugal and west of the Netherlands. It was separated from Britain in the early Postglacial period and today the channel between the two islands is 22 km wide in the north and 76 km in ...

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