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01 January 2006 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers early October to early December 2005. ...

BBRC says goodbye to birders' favourites

01 January 2006 Comments Editorials The number of records that the BBRC assesses has grown rapidly, while at the same time some observers are becoming less willing to submit descriptions for species that they feel are `less' rare. Following a consultation with County Recorders and record...

News and Comment

01 January 2006 Comments News and comment As 2005 drew to a close, the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in poultry in the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine. This was the fourth country in Europe to report bird flu, following outbreaks in October in Romania (dead Mute Swans Cygnus...

Letters

01 January 2006 Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ...

Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom

01 January 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT In 1997, the Avian Population Estimates Panel (APEP) published its first collation of British and UK bird population estimates (Stone et al. 1997). This paper provides the first review of those estimates, drawing on information available prior...

The Northern Bullfinch invasion of autumn 2004

01 January 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A record invasion of `Northern Bullfinches' Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula occurred in Britain in autumn 2004. It also affected many other parts of Europe with birds being recorded as far afield as Iceland, Ireland, Italy and Bulgaria. As...

British Birds – January 2006

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News and comment

01 January 1982 Comments News and comment After six years as author and then senior author of 'News and comment', Peter Conder has requested a well-deserved rest. We and all BB readers will miss his expert, knowledgeable touch and keen eye for items of conservation importance. Thank you, Peter...

Announcements

01 January 1982 Comments Editorials New feature: 'Points of view' We intend to start a new regular feature in British Birds in which readers can express their opinions on topical or general matters about which they feel strongly. The regularity of this feature will depend up...

Fifty years ago

01 January 1982 Comments Other On three days during April 1921,1 had the pleasure of watching, often at very close quarters--and so clearly identifying---an Alpine Accentor, Prunella c. collaris, on the Headland at Seaford. The first meeting was on 7th April, when, as I walked the b...

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