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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Product reports

01 June 1989
Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...
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Marsh Warblers in Britain

01 June 1989
Comments Main paper The breeding range of Marsh Warblers Acrocephalus palustris lies almost entirely within the Western Palearctic, in a belt across Central Europe from the basin of the Kama and Ural Rivers in the east (Dementiev & Gladkov 1968) to the North Sea and t...
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Diary dates

01 June 1989
Comments Editorials Dr Margaret Carswell on 'The Uganda Atlas of Birds'. Central London. Non-members should write (enclosing SAE) at least 21 days before to Hon. Secretary, R. E. F. Peal, 2 Chestnut Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3AR. 27th July RSPB GALA PREMIERE. 'Sw...
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Announcements

01 June 1989
Comments Editorials 'Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland'. This new Poyser book combines and brings up to date Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (1972) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (1976). For the rarest birds, it is based on SB's annual 'Report on rare b...
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