Recent reports

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid August to mid September 2004. Canvasback Aythya valisineria Private site (Kent), 15th August. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Chew Valley Lake (Somerset), 20th August to 1st September. Zino's/Fea's Petrel Pterod...
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News and Comment

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment The decline of the Corn Crake Crex crex is a familiar, if depressing, story. Mechanical mowing and the early harvesting of crops, before the end of the breeding season, have had a catastrophic effect on Corn Crakes in Britain and across much of western Eu...
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Conservation research news

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment One of the assumptions that scientists often make about territorial birds is that individuals will choose the best breeding sites available. Consequently, when populations are small, every individual occupies a high-quality site but, as populations grow, ...
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The Carl Zeiss Award 2004

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper One of the difficulties for the judging panel of the Carl Zeiss Award, for photographs of rarities assessed by the BBRC during the preceding year, is that we have to think of something new to say in our report each year. This year it was easy, in fact it ...
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AudouinÕs Gull: new to Britain

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A second-summer Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii was found at Dungeness, Kent, on 5th May 2003. It lingered in the area for the remainder of the day, commuting between the shore and nearby pools on the RSPB reserve. It was present again the followi...
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Recent Reports

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 14th June to 11th July 1991 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake (both Co. Wexford), 6th7th July. Black Stork Ciconia nigra Stifflc...
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News and Comment

01 August 1991 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. British Birdwatching Fair 1991. The Fair is set to take place over the weekend of 30th August to 1st September and is expected to attract thousands of birdwatchers...
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Requests

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials Entangled seabirds. A one-year project has been commissioned by the Tidy Britain Group to study six-pack and four-pack can-carriers in the marine environment. The study is concerned with the probability and methods of entanglement of seabirds by can-ea...
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Announcements

01 August 1991 Comments Editorials 'BB' goes to Morocco. Morocco--one of the most exciting ornithological countries in the Western Palearctic--is the destination for a British Birefc-SUNBIRD trip in April 1992. The leaders will be SUNBIRD Director, Bryan Bland, and Rarities Committee Ch...
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