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Foraging activity and habitat use by European Nightjars in South Wales

01 July 2014 Comments Main paper Paddy Jenks, Mick Green and Tony Cross Abstract Foraging activity and habitat use by European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus were measured during a radio-tracking study in coniferous forest in S...

The review of the record of Slender-billed Curlew at Druridge Bay, Northumberland

01 July 2014 Comments BOURC J. Martin Collinson, Adam Rowlands, Jimmy G. Steele, Christopher J. McInerny and Nigel Hudson, on behalf of BOURC and BBRCAbstract The record of a Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris&n...

BB eye – In memoriam

01 July 2014 Comments Editorials One hundred years ago this month Europe entered a war that was to kill millions. Men from all walks of life, including birdwatchers and ornithologists, volunteered or were called to fight for their country and many died. Derek Niemann (Birds in a C...

News & Comment

01 July 2014 Comments News and comment Compiled by Adrian Pitches Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of British Birds. ...

‘Asian Red-rumped Swallow’ in Orkney and Highland: new to Britain

01 July 2014 Comments Open Access Abstract ...

Assessing and recording Subalpine Warblers

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Notes

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Recent reports

01 July 2014 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers the period from early May to early June 2014. ...

News and comment

22 May 2014 Comments News and comment For every 1,000 Oriental White-backed Vultures Gyps bengalensis found in southern Asia in the 1980s, only one remains today. They've been wiped out by diclofenac - a drug used to treat pain and inflammation in livestock. Alarmingly, South African resea...

First British records of 'Eastern' and 'Western' Subalpine Warblers

01 May 2014 Comments Main paper By Martin Collinson, Bob McGowan and Martin Irestedt Abstract The recent proposal to reorganise the taxonomy of the Subalpine Warbler complex, and the identification of the first British 'Subalpine Warbler' (St Kilda, June 1894)...

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