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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...

Requests

01 April 1992 Comments Editorials Photographs of King Eiders For a forthcoming paper in British Birds, by Pete Ellis, Dave Suddaby and Ken Shaw, photographs are required of King Eiders Somateria spectabilis, particularly of females and non-adult males. All photographs will be acknowled...

Announcements

01 April 1992 Comments Editorials With 'BB' to Israel. After the very successful exploratory trip in 1991 (Brit. Birds 85: 127129), BB subscribers now have a second chance to join Hadoram Shirihai watching raptor migration, searching for migrants and cruising on the Red Sea looking at ...

ICBP news

01 April 1992 Comments Editorials Racing for the steppes. Next month there is the annual County Bird Race: a chance to test your birding skills, as well as raise money for top-priority conservation. If you had taken part in the County Bird Race 200 years ago, and were competing in East...

Fieldwork action BTO news

01 April 1992 Comments Editorials 'Nesting' helps bird conservation If, during the course of the spring and early summer, you come across the odd nest in a hedgerow or even in your garden, recording what you see on a card we supply can help towards the understanding and the conservatio...

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