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Foraging activity and habitat use by European Nightjars in South Wales

01 July 2014 Comments Main paper Paddy Jenks, Mick Green and Tony Cross Abstract Foraging activity and habitat use by European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus were measured during a radio-tracking study in coniferous forest in S...

The review of the record of Slender-billed Curlew at Druridge Bay, Northumberland

01 July 2014 Comments BOURC J. Martin Collinson, Adam Rowlands, Jimmy G. Steele, Christopher J. McInerny and Nigel Hudson, on behalf of BOURC and BBRCAbstract The record of a Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris&n...

BB eye – In memoriam

01 July 2014 Comments Editorials One hundred years ago this month Europe entered a war that was to kill millions. Men from all walks of life, including birdwatchers and ornithologists, volunteered or were called to fight for their country and many died. Derek Niemann (Birds in a C...

News & Comment

01 July 2014 Comments News and comment Compiled by Adrian Pitches Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of British Birds. ...

‘Asian Red-rumped Swallow’ in Orkney and Highland: new to Britain

01 July 2014 Comments Open Access Abstract ...

Assessing and recording Subalpine Warblers

01 July 2014 Comments Main paper ...

Notes

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Recent reports

01 July 2014 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers the period from early May to early June 2014. ...

BOU News

01 March 2005 Comments Main paper Should birders and naturalists care about climate change? Here are a few key facts: shifting both eastwards along the winter isotherms and northwards towards their breeding grounds. These changes mean that some sites designated as being important for w...

The gape-line of Steppe Eagle

01 March 2005 Comments Other A widely accepted identification feature of Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis is that the gape-line extends to a point level with, or even beyond, the rear edge of the eye (e.g. Cramp & Simmons 1980, Brown et al. 1982, Newman 1984, Porter et ...

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