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Spoon-billed Sandpipers breed in captivity

05 July 2016 Comments News and comment The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one step closer to safety after conservationists hatched the worldâs first captive-bred chicks. Barely bigger than bumblebees and sporting miniature versions of their parentsâ distinctive beaks, the chicks broke ou...

How frigatebirds negotiate the doldrums

01 July 2016 Comments News and comment Some animals live life at the extremes and provide insights into how the natural environment and atmospheric conditions have influenced and shaped their wing and body shape and behaviour. Frigatebirds are unusual in that they have the largest relative wi...

Reintroducing the Cirl Bunting to Cornwall

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BBRC and Yellow Wagtails

01 July 2016 Comments Main paper Abstract This paper describes BBRC’s current approach to vagrant forms of the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava in Britain, and includes examples of recent records from the Rarities Committee’s files. Its purpo...

BB Eye – the next generation

01 July 2016 Comments Editorials It’s a question we’ve all got used to hearing over the years: �...

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Recent reports

01 July 2016 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers ear...

Requests for information

01 May 1962 Comments Editorials Wreck of Fulmars in February and March 1962.--Unusual numbers of Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) were noted close inshore on various parts of the east coast during February, In some areas a high proportion were of dark or intermediate phases. During the next...

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