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British Birds September 2010

01 September 2010 Comments Editorials Summary of contents Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2008 The 35th report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (RBBP) presents details of the status of rare breeding birds in the UK in 2008, with a particular f...

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...

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 ...

Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia

01 September 2010 Comments Reviews By Michael C. Jennings Fauna of Arabia, Vol. 25, 2010 Hbk, 772pp, 106 colour photos, numerous figures and maps ISBN 978-3-929907-83-4 Subbuteo code M20733 £102.00 BB Bookshop price £98.00 In 1984, Michael Jen- nings embarked on an ambitious p...

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...

BTO research update: Latest ups and downs from WeBS

01 September 2010 Comments News and comment The 2008/09 results from the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS), covering the period from July 2008 to June 2009, illustrate mixed fortunes for waterbirds wintering on our wetlands. In recent years, several species have shifted their distribution in response to ...

Pacific Diver in Yorkshire

01 September 2010 Comments Open Access Abstract On 12th January 2007, a diver was discovered at Farnham Gravel-pit, Yorkshire, and was identified as a juvenile Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica the following morning. It remained at Farnham until 4th February and was see...

Personalities. 30. R. A. Hume

01 May 1983 Comments Main paper Rob Hume, expert on gulls and terns, wildlife artist, formerly co-editor of the greatly acclaimed West Midland Bird Club annual report and more recently co-compiler of the British Birds feature 'Recent reports' (largely unchecked!), is well known to bi...

Territorial behaviour of Kestrels

01 May 1983 Comments Main paper Birds of prey exhibit a wide range of dispersion patterns, determined in part by their response to varying prey availability (Newton 1979). The Kestrel Falco tinnunculus has been recorded nesting colonially (Fennel 1954), or solitarily, with pairs defe...

Identification pitfalls and assessment problems. 4. Buff-breasted Sandpiper

01 May 1983 Comments Main paper Once known, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper should not present an identification problem: the only confusion might be with a juvenile Ruff Philomachus pugnax, especially a small female. Unlike the Ruff, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a small wader; al...

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