News and comment

01 December 2009
Comments News and comment The illegal persecution of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus rarely attracts mainstream media coverage – but it was national news at the end of October! Two Hen Harriers were shot on the edge of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and police interviewed Prin...
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Letter

01 December 2009
Comments Letters The two outlying Orkney islets north of Cape Wrath usually known to ornithologists as Sule Skerry and Sule Stack, and on charts as Sule Skerry and Stack Skerry (Brit. Birds 100: 300–­304), present problems of nomenclature. Until recently, `Solan Gee...
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Notes

01 December 2009
Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Recent reports

01 July 1999
Comments News and comment Wall Nature Reserve (Kent), 28th May. Lesser Scaup A. affinis Vane Farm RSPB (Tayside), 10th-12th May; Balgray Reservoir (Strathclyde), 29th May to 4th June; Saltholme Pools (Cleveland), 6th June. Great Snipe Gallinago media North Ronaldsay (Orkney), 1...
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Monthly marathon

01 July 1999
Comments Other We can, however, see the central tail feathers, which seem to be dark well down towards the base. We can also just discern the outer edge of the outer tail feather, which provides a hint of a clear-cut dark tip. Tail patterns are, however, never very o...
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News and Comment

01 July 1999
Comments News and comment There can be few British birders who have been birdwatching in the Mediterranean region who have not visited at least one set of saltpans ­ be they on the coast of Tunisia, Spain or France. Over the years, there have been some spectacular records for ...
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Rarities Committee Announcement

01 July 1999
Comments News and comment The annual meeting of the British Birds Rarities Committee was held at Blunham on 10th April 1999. The Secretary, Chairman and members were joined by Adam Rowlands, the incoming member, and Tony Marr, Chairman of the BOU Records Committee. Pete Ellis, ...
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