Recent reports

01 November 1997
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period from 15th September to 12th October 1997. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Rostellan (Co. Cork), 9th-12fh Oct...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 November 1997
Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most-recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Reviews

01 May 1982
Comments Reviews The Birds of Wiltshire. Edited by John Buxton. Wiltshire Library and Museum Service, Trowbridge, 1981. 194 pages; 32 black-and-white plates; 116 line-drawings; 100 distribution maps. £5.50.  I have to admit that reading this book was like...
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Recent reports

01 May 1982
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records After the severe weather of December and January, February was very dull, but largely frost-free. Until 14th, south to westerly winds brought mild air in from the Atlantic. From 15th, the h...
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News and comment

01 May 1982
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' North Sea Bird Club We welcome the publication of the first report of the North Sea Bird Club, covering part of 1979 and all of 1980. It is a useful document, the m...
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Requests

01 May 1982
Comments Editorials Chough survey in 1982 In April, May and June 1982, there is ajoint IWC/BTO/RSPB census of the Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax. The last comprehensive survey was in 1963, which showed there to be no Choughs left in England, 11 pairs in Scotland, ...
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Announcements

01 May 1982
Comments Editorials International Conference on Bird Census and Atlas Studies The International Bird Census Committee and the European Ornithological Atlas Committee have announced the forthcoming joint 8th International Conference on Bird Census Work and the 6th ...
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