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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. ...

News and comment

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 ...

Red-Throated Thrush In Essex: New To Britain And Ireland

01 January 1999 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT A first-winter male Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis of the red-throated nominate race occurred at The Naze, Essex, during 29th September to 7th October 1994 (Brit. Birds 88: 535). This was the first record of this race in Britain & ...

Twenty-First Century Seabirds

01 January 1999 Comments Main paper During the twentieth century, the general attitude towards seabirds in Britain has, in parallel with global priorities, changed from one of exploitation of a valuable resource, to one of preservation of a valuable asset. The coasts and islands of Brita...

Report On ScarceMigrant Birds InBritain In 1996

01 January 1999 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT For this second annual report, covering 1996, information on assessed and accepted records has been supplied, sometimes in advance of publication in their local bird reports, by County Bird Recorders. There were all-time record numbers of at l...

Editorial: A New Image

01 January 1999 Comments Main paper ...

Letters

01 January 1999 Comments Letters Since the re-establishment in Britain of some lost species under pressure elsewhere, and the introduction of lots of aliens, has proved so successful, surely it is time to consider resurrecting the most spectacular of our `disappeared', the Dalmatian P...

Looking back

01 January 1999 Comments Other `I have been fortunate in being able to arrange for the addition of Mr. J. D. Wood, B.A., M.B.O.U., to the British Birds staff. Mr. Wood is an assistant master at Leighton Park School, Reading... and... will take over most of the routine editorial work...

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