Rarities committee news

01 January 2008
Comments News and comment Although it is more than two years since Canada Goose was split into two species, Greater Branta canadensis and Lesser Canada Goose B. hutchinsii, neither species is currently on category A of the British List. Both species apparently...
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News and comment

01 January 2008
Comments News and comment The discovery of a new bird taxon is always exciting; if it is a wader, and a migratory one at that, it is not only exciting, but also almost unbelievable. David Bakewell and BB Assistant Editor Peter Kennerley are to be congratulated (and envied) for ...
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Reviews

01 January 2008
Comments Reviews COLLINS FIELD GUIDE –­ BIRDS OF THE PALEARCTIC: PASSERINES By Norman Arlott. HarperCollins, London, 2007. 240 pages; 80 colour plates; numerous distribution maps. ISBN 978-0-00-714705-2. Hardback, £25.00. there is currently little available informa...
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Optimising digital images

01 January 2008
Comments Main paper Once the shutter has been pressed, most igital photography has opened up a images can be substantially improved by photowhole new world for many birders, editing software. Just about all compact cameras while for seasoned bird photographers come with b...
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Letters

01 October 1950
Comments Letters --I am engaged in investigating t h e ringing records of Blue Tits. Amongst the known causes of death it is astonishing to find that the mousetrap is a principal one. I t may be necessary to place r a t and mouse traps in gardens, b u t I suggest that the...
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