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Announcements

01 February 1989 Comments Editorials Young Ornithologists of the Year. This annual competition, run by the RSPB's junior wing, the Young Ornithologists' Club, was once again sponsored by British Birds. The winners and runners-up are as follows: SENIOR 1st Christopher R. Drake (Dorchester,...

Congratulations, RSPB!

01 February 1989 Comments Editorials Exactly 100 years ago, in February 1889, a group of people, mainly ladies concerned about the plumage trade, met at Didsbury , Manchester. Out of this small event grew the 'Society for the Protection of Birds', which, with the granting o...

Announcement

01 July 1982 Comments Editorials OUP books We are pleased to announce that we have made arrangements with Oxford University Press for several more books to be available (post free in UK & Eire, add 50p overseas) to BB subscribers through British BirdShop (see page vii): A ...

Rarities Committee news andannouncements

01 July 1982 Comments Editorials The 1982 annual meeting was held at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, on 27th March. Keith Vinicombe, who was successful in an election (Brit. Birds 75: 292), started his membership on 1st April 1982. He takes the place vacated, as the longest-serving me...

Codes for rarity-finders and twitchers

01 July 1982 Comments Editorials Travelling to see a rare bird--twitching as it is now widely known--has become an increasingly popular pursuit during the last decade. A nationwide telephone grapevine can spread the news of a rarity within hours. If the species is one which few observ...

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