October 2019 – contents

01 October 2019
Comments Latest issues The BBRC annual report needs little introduction to regular readers, since it is now 60 years since our national rarities committee was first established. Andy Stoddart looks back over the first six decades in his ‘BBRC birthday’ BB eye on p...
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My patch – Shieldhill Farm

01 October 2019
Comments Editorials My patch comprises Shieldhill Farm and some adjoining land, including the Bennan Loch and Lochcraig Reservoir, and lies close to the town of Eaglesham, in East Renfrewshire, around 15 km south of Glasgow. On the edge of the Eaglesham Moor, the farm is ...
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Letter

01 September 1982
Comments Letters Mortality of Sparrowhawks and Kestrels The findings of Newton et al. (Brit. Birds 75: 195-204) are similar in most respects to ours (Keymer et al. 1981). We wish to comment, however, on some important differences, especially regarding...
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Notes

01 September 1982
Comments Notes Male Montagu's Harrier with broad white rump patch On 19th June 1978, south of the River Guadalquivir near Lebrija, Spain, D.J. Fisher, S.J. M. Gantlett and I saw a male Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus which was typical in every way of an adu...
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