Rarities Committee news

01 September 2010
Comments News and comment Following the request in BB (p. 313) and elsewhere for candidates to replace our longest-serving member, John Sweeney, in June 2010, Chris McInerny was nominated by Bob McGowan and seconded by Ron Forrester. Consequently, there was an election to decide w...
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News and comment

01 September 2010
Comments News and comment Two out of five of the UK's natural World Heritage sites are in danger of being added to a blacklist because non-native rats and mice are killing and eating the unique bird species confined to them. At a UNESCO meeting in Brasilia in early August, the UK ...
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John Gooders (1937-2010)

01 September 2010
Comments Obituaries John Gooders, who did more than most to broaden the horizons of Britain's bird- watchers, died on 18th May 2010 after a long illness, aged 73. He was a prolific author and his books guided many of us in learning about birds. I first knew of John in 197...
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Reviews

01 October 1984
Comments Reviews Tunnicliffe's Birds: measured drawings in colour by C. F. Tunnicliffe RA. Gollancz, London, 1984. 160 pages; 79 colour plates. £40.00. If one were to conduct a random survey among wildlife artists and connoisseurs, to find who was deemed 'the gre...
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Recent Reports

01 October 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to July unless stated otherwise. Weather The weather during July was dominated by anticyclones. One centred close by to the west at the start of the m...
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News and comment

01 October 1984
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. USSR society. We are grateful to Mike Wilson for bringing to our attention the formation earlier this year of a new 'All-Union Ornithological Society', after an in...
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