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01 October 2008 Comments News and comment This summary of unchecked reports covers mainly new arrivals between early August and early September 2008. ...

News and comment

01 October 2008 Comments News and comment Bird-of-prey conservation has faced no fewer than three major setbacks in the past month: Defra has confirmed that a bare minimum of raptor species will require registration for captive-breeding in future; one of the first Red Kites Milvus milvus reint...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2007

01 October 2008 Comments Main paper This is the fiftieth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee. This is not an insignificant milestone and, as last year's introduction alluded, there are a number of changes in personnel responsible for the production of this report. After...

British Birds – October 2008

01 October 2008 Comments Latest issues ...

From the Rarities Committee's Files: Mystery photograph or a first for Britain?

01 January 2002 Comments Main paper Some of the more interesting records submitted to BBRC have been featured in British Birds in the series `From the Rarities Committee's files'.Those published so far have tended to deal with identification criteria for difficult species. Occasionally, ...

Looking back

01 January 2002 Comments Other `The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume 1 is now at an advanced stage, with page proofs expected shortly. It will be published by the Oxford University Press, it is hoped in May 1977 at £25, under the double title Handbook of the Birds of Europe, ...

Parrot Crossbills breeding in Abernethy Forest, Highland

01 January 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus is regarded as a rare breeding species in Britain. During a study in Abernethy Forest, Highland, from 1995 to 2001, it was, however, found to be the most abundant crossbill species nestin...

Comment - the changing face of British Birds

01 January 2002 Comments Editorials It is now nine months since I became editor of British Birds. In that time, the Directors and the Editorial Board of BB have undertaken a thorough appraisal of the journal, during which editorial policy and future direction have been re-examin...

British Birds – January 2002

01 January 2002 Comments Latest issues ...

First nesting by Blue-crowned Parakeet in Britain

01 January 2002 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Four species of parrot (Psittacidae) have bred in the wild in the UK: Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri, Alexandrine Parakeet P. eupatria, Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus, and Budgerigar Melopsittacus und...

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