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01 October 2004 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mid August to mid September 2004. Canvasback Aythya valisineria Private site (Kent), 15th August. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Chew Valley Lake (Somerset), 20th August to 1st September. Zino's/Fea's Petrel Pterod...

News and Comment

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment The decline of the Corn Crake Crex crex is a familiar, if depressing, story. Mechanical mowing and the early harvesting of crops, before the end of the breeding season, have had a catastrophic effect on Corn Crakes in Britain and across much of western Eu...

Conservation research news

01 October 2004 Comments News and comment One of the assumptions that scientists often make about territorial birds is that individuals will choose the best breeding sites available. Consequently, when populations are small, every individual occupies a high-quality site but, as populations grow, ...

The Carl Zeiss Award 2004

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper One of the difficulties for the judging panel of the Carl Zeiss Award, for photographs of rarities assessed by the BBRC during the preceding year, is that we have to think of something new to say in our report each year. This year it was easy, in fact it ...

AudouinÕs Gull: new to Britain

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A second-summer Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii was found at Dungeness, Kent, on 5th May 2003. It lingered in the area for the remainder of the day, commuting between the shore and nearby pools on the RSPB reserve. It was present again the followi...

Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2002

01 October 2004 Comments Main paper This is the thirtieth annual report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, which presents details of the status of Britain's rarest breeding birds for the year 2002. The totals are generally set out by county or region, occasionally by country; most actual loc...

Mystery photographs

01 January 1990 Comments Main paper -t ^f The large raptor depicted in plate 360 last month (and repeated A ^ v f here) has a large, powerful bill, long, rather broad wings, and well-fingered primaries. These features suggest an eagle of some kind.The heavy bill with prominent gape line ...

Obituaries: Sir Peter Scott CH CBE DSC FRS (1909-1989)

01 January 1990 Comments Main paper Like many of my generation, my early teenage interest in birds was nurtured on a diet of 'Nature Parliament' and 'Look'. I remember listening enthralled as Peter Scott related tales from his recent visits to East Africa, while James Fisher endeavoured ...

European news

01 January 1990 Comments Main paper With this twenty-sixth selection, we are delighted to announce a further strengthening of support, with the inclusion of records from 29 countries. We are especially pleased to be able to draw attention to the addition of Tunisia to our list. New conta...

Habitat of Slender-billed Curlews in Morocco

01 January 1990 Comments Main paper The Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris is one of Europe's most endangered and least-known migratory birds. It breeds in central Asian USSR, and is a long-distance migrant to Northwest Africa and perhaps also to Iran and Iraq. Less than a centu...

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