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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Recent reports

01 May 1993 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period15th March to 18th April 1993 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. White-billed Diver Gavin adamsii Filey Bay (North Yorkshire), 21st-26th March; North Mainland (Shetland), 17th-18th Ap...
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Reviews

01 May 1993 Comments Reviews Putting Biodiversity on the Map : priority areas for global conservation. By C. J. Bibby, N. J. Collar, M. J. Crosby, M. F. Heath, Ch. Imboden , T. H. Johnson, A. J. Long, A. J. Stattersfield & S. J. Thirgood. International Council for Bird Pr...
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Waders in Hong Kong

01 May 1993 Comments Main paper Hong Kong lies just within the tropics on the South China coast at longitude 22°20'N and latitude 114°10'E. Its land area is only a little over 1,000 km², yet in Mai Po and Deep Bay, in the northwestern New Territories (plates 58 & 59), it boast...
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News and Comment

01 May 1993 Comments News and comment VISITORS T O ASIA may have been lucky enough to see Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi. Lucky, yes, because the survival of this species is under great threat. Its three known breeding grounds and most of its wintering area lie within China. Saunders's Gu...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1993 Comments Other The winner of the fifth 'Monthly marathon' is Hannu Jännes, who was the only contestant to achieve the 21-in-a-row all-correct sequence shown opposite. Congratulations to Hannu, who can now choose as his reward a SUNBIRD birdwatching holiday in Asia, ...
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