Recent reports

01 November 1997 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period from 15th September to 12th October 1997. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Rostellan (Co. Cork), 9th-12fh Oct...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 November 1997 Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most-recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Monthly marathon

01 November 1986 Comments Other The bird in the second photograph (Brit. Birds 79: 418, plate 223) was identified by competition entrants as follows: Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (87%) Chaffinch F. coelebs (6%) Siskin Carduelis spinus (2%) House Sparrow Passer domesticus (2%) C...
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Recent reports

01 November 1986 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. Weather and displaced migrants For most of the month, the weather was unsettled. Atlantic depressions tracked...
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News and comment

01 November 1986 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds', Slaughter of Honey Buzzards continues. Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU). In early May, I joined other foreign delegates Conference on the Protection of Birds of ...
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Reviews

01 November 1986 Comments Reviews Birds of Iceland. By Hjalmar R. Bardarson. Hjalmar R. Bardarson, Reykjavik, 1986. 336 pages; 392 colour plates; many black-and-white illustrations; some line-drawings. Icelandic kronur 2220.00 (approx. £36.00).This is not just a book about Iceland's b...
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Requests

01 November 1986 Comments Editorials Resubscription urgency. If your subscription runs from January to December and you want to receive your January 1987 issue in January, please resubscribe NOW (or before the end of November at the latest). The end-of-the-year rush creates a mountain of ...
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