Rarities committee news

01 March 2009
Comments News and comment Species new to Britain Records of species or subspecies new to Britain are assessed in the usual way, but are then sent to the Records Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union. Acceptance by the BOURC has to be unanimous and publication of such r...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other DECREASE OF BLACK GAME IN SCOTLAND. SIRS,--With reference to the note on this subject (Brit. Birds 21: 206-207), I have had occasion to observe on some moors in Holstein, north Germany, that Black Grouse [Tetrao tetrix] are extremely susceptibl...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other Breeding status of Goosanders in Wales Roger Lovegrove `In their account of the spread of the Goosander Mergus merganser in Britain and Ireland, Meek & Little (1977) [Brit. Birds 70: 229-237] referred to proved breeding in Wales in 1972, and the po...
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