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01 October 2008 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mainly new arrivals between early August and early September 2008. ...

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01 October 2008 Comments News and comment Bird-of-prey conservation has faced no fewer than three major setbacks in the past month: Defra has confirmed that a bare minimum of raptor species will require registration for captive-breeding in future; one of the first Red Kites Milvus milvus reint...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2007

01 October 2008 Comments Main paper This is the fiftieth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee. This is not an insignificant milestone and, as last year's introduction alluded, there are a number of changes in personnel responsible for the production of this report. After...

British Birds – October 2008

01 October 2008 Comments Latest issues ...

Recent reports

01 October 1989 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 11th August to 15th September 1989 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Porthgwarra (Cornwall), singles on 13th and 14th August. Little Egret Egretta garze...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1987

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper ...

Monthly marathon

01 October 1989 Comments Other The bird in plate 236 was named by competitors as: Green-backed Butorides striatus (85%) Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis (7%) Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (4%) Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca (3%). The majority got it right; the superb photograph of a ...

PhotoSpot. 28. Canary Islands Chaffinch

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper For a nation to whom the common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs is so ubiquitous, the most striking features of the female Canary Islands Chaffinch F. teydea are not its similarities to that species, but its obvious differences: primarily, its larger ...

Mystery photographs

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper This small crouching passerine looks like a pipit Anthus, but has a seed-eater's bill. The tail is quite long, and the plumage is comparatively plain but for a fairly strong head pattern and some distinct streaking on the underparts. From this com...

Best recent black-and-white bird photographs

01 October 1989 Comments Main paper We present this year a selection of 15 photographs by six photographers. Tony Hamblin has had no less than six photographs included, an all-time record; it is the fourth year in which his photographs have been selected. Tony Bond's work is represented ...

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Recent reports

News and comment

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2007

British Birds – October 2008

Recent reports

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1987

Monthly marathon

PhotoSpot. 28. Canary Islands Chaffinch

Mystery photographs

Best recent black-and-white bird photographs

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