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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...

The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures

01 March 2009 Comments ABSTRACT The origins and history of the BBRC, and some of the influences which have shaped its development, form the core of this review. Also examined are data deriving from its activities and publications; comparisons with the methods and experiences...

Purple Martin on Lewis: new to Britain

01 March 2009 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT A juvenile Purple Martin Progne subis was found at the Butt of Lewis,Western Isles, on 5th September 2004 and was still present the following day.This represents the first record of this distinctive North American hirundine for Britai...

Foraging behaviour of Pomarine Skuas off the Suffolk coast in winter 1999/2000

01 March 2009 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Pomarine Skuas Stercorarius pomarinus occur regularly in small numbers in the southern North Sea during the winter months. During winter 1999/2000, exceptional numbers, up to 25, were present along the coast of Suffolk between Decembe...

British Birds – March 2007

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Purple Sandpipers breeding in Scotland

01 December 1983 Comments Main paper Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima were first recorded breeding in Scotland in 1978. Brief details of that event and subsequent breeding at the same locality have appeared in the annual Scottish Bird Reports and in the reports of the Rare Breeding Bir...

Studies of west Palearctic birds. 186. Bearded Tit

01 December 1983 Comments Main paper The Bearded Tit (as I shall insist on calling it) Panurus biarmicus is a rather peculiar bird. Taxonomically, there is nothing else like it. It even has a newly described species of feather mite not yet known from any other bird (Cerny 1978). It is con...

Requests

01 December 1983 Comments Editorials Winter Atlas The BTO/IWC Winter Atlas is now in its third and final year of fieldwork. Counts of birds are wanted from all areas, but help is especially needed in parts of northwest Scotland, southwest England and Ireland. If you are able to help, plea...

Announcements

01 December 1983 Comments Editorials Binding your BBs We should like to remind readers that special binders to hold a full year's issues can be purchased by post for £4.30 (overseas postage 35p extra) from Easibind, 42 Hoxton Square, London Nl 6NS. Standard book-binding of the year's iss...

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