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01 August 2009 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers early June 2009 to early July 2009. Headlines The hide-and-seek reappearance of the Royal Tern along the Welsh coast gave some the runaround, while a fast-moving Blue-cheeked Bee-ea...

Notes

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British Birds – August 2009

01 August 2009 Comments Latest issues ...

Editorial

01 August 2009 Comments Editorials ...

Identification of Wilson’s Snipe and assessment of the first British record

01 August 2009 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A claim of Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata from St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, in October 1998 led to one of BBRC’s most detailed investigations into the identification of an individual bird, and this paper summarises that p...

Naumann’s Thrush in Essex: new to Britain

01 August 2009 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT A first-winter male Naumann’s Thrush Turdus naumanni discovered at Woodford Green, Essex, on 3rd February 1990 remained until 9th March 1990, although it transpired that the bird had been present since 19th January. During its ...

Bird Photograph of the Year 2009

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The Carl Zeiss Award 2009: 50 years of rarity photographs

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Rare birds in Britain – 50 golden years

01 August 2009 Comments Main paper Birders vote for the ‘best rarity’ of the BBRC era ...

Mystery photographs

01 March 1977 Comments Main paper The set of the body, the length of the folded wings and tail, the small head and the clear supercilium may at first suggest that this wader (plate 11 on page 73) is a sandpiper of the genus Tringa. The back pattern, however, and also the size and shape...

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