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Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2011

01 October 2012 Comments Main paper This is the 54th annual report of the to submit any well-documented older records British Birds Rarities Committee. The year 2011 was an exceptional one for rare birds, perhaps surpassed only by 2008 for the range...

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Reed and Bush Warblers, by Peter Kennerley and David Pearson, illustrated by Brian Small

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The Birds of Devon, by Michael Tyler

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10 Years with the Golden Eagles: and a few Bearded Vultures, by Francesco Framarin

28 March 2011 Comments Reviews Tipografia Editrice Temi, Trento, 2010; hbk, 219pp; 16pp of colour photographs; ISBN 978-88-89706-88-6; â‚¬20.00 As might be guessed from the title, this short book summarises the author's encounters with Golden Eagles Aquila chr...

New species of storm-petrel

23 March 2011 Comments News and comment Unidentified storm-petrels seen recently off the coast of Chile have been confirmed as a new species by a team of biologists, including British seabirder Peter Harrison. An expedition out into the Pa...

Spanish wetland restored

23 March 2011 Comments News and comment Spain's conservation credentials have received a boost with the restoration of a major inland wetland, originally drained nearly 300 years ago. The Laguna del CaÃ±izar near the village of Villarquemado in Teruel province was drained in 1730 to provide a...

How now brown owl?

23 March 2011 Comments News and comment Tawny Owls Strix aluco turn brown to survive in warmer climates, according to researchers in Finland. Feather colour is hereditary, with grey plumage dominant over brown. But the study, published in the online journal Nature Communications...

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