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01 November 2003 Comments News and comment Birders in Dorset are campaigning against a windfarm proposal for Weymouth harbour. This is the latest offshore scheme to spark protests from birders in England and follows plans for major windfarm projects at Teesmouth and the Solway Firth (see Brit. ...

Reviews

01 November 2003 Comments Reviews RAPTORS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation and The World Working Group on Birds of Prey & Owls, Eilat, Israel, 2nd-8th April 2000. Edited by R. Yosef, M. L. Miller & D. Pepler. International...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2002

01 November 2003 Comments Main paper This is the forty-fifth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it provides details of the records which have been assessed by BBRC for the year 2002, along with additional, outstanding records from previous years. To enhance the over...

British Birds – November 2003

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British Birds – February 2002

01 February 2002 Comments Latest issues ...

Eurasian Reed Warbler: the characters and variation associated with the Asian form fuscus

01 February 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT This paper discusses the characters of and variation within Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus of the Asian form fuscus. Compiled from extensive data from the wintering and breeding grounds, and on migration, i...

Looking back

01 February 2002 Comments Other Seventy-five years ago: ‘PROBABLE HAWK-OWL IN MIDDLESEX. ON December 27th, 1926, at West Molesey Reservoirs, Mr. R. W. Heenan and I saw what was, without any doubt, a Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula subsp). It was perched in the ...

The non-breeding status of the Little Egret in Britain

01 February 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The Little Egret Egretta garzetta, formerly a rare vagrant in Britain, has undergone a remarkable range expansion following a large influx in 1989, and at the end of 1990 it was removed from the list of species considered by the ...

The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2001

01 February 2002 Comments Reviews British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology announce the winner of the Award for the title of BEST BIRD BOOK OF THE YEAR. All books reviewed in British Birds or the BTO publications BTO News and Bird Study from...

Notes

01 February 2002 Comments Notes Grey Heron preying on Rabbit and Common Kingfisher; Grey Heron eating a Rabbit; Purple Heron folloiwing the plough; Raptor perching in close prximity; Hobbies feedingon the ground; Red Grouse chick eaten by sheep...

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