Rarities Committee news

01 September 2010
Comments News and comment Following the request in BB (p. 313) and elsewhere for candidates to replace our longest-serving member, John Sweeney, in June 2010, Chris McInerny was nominated by Bob McGowan and seconded by Ron Forrester. Consequently, there was an election to decide w...
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News and comment

01 September 2010
Comments News and comment Two out of five of the UK's natural World Heritage sites are in danger of being added to a blacklist because non-native rats and mice are killing and eating the unique bird species confined to them. At a UNESCO meeting in Brasilia in early August, the UK ...
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John Gooders (1937-2010)

01 September 2010
Comments Obituaries John Gooders, who did more than most to broaden the horizons of Britain's bird- watchers, died on 18th May 2010 after a long illness, aged 73. He was a prolific author and his books guided many of us in learning about birds. I first knew of John in 197...
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Reviews

01 August 1980
Comments Reviews Eleonora's Falcon: adaptations to prey and habitat in a social raptor. By Hartmut Walter. University of Chicago Press, London & Chicago, 1979. 410 pages; 59 figures and 36 black-and-white photographs. £24.50. Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleono...
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Recent Reports

01 August 1980
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records Unless otherwise stated, dates in this report refer to May. Unusually settled, warm, dry weather in early May resulted from an anticyclone centred to the northeast and winds from the east a...
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News and comment

01 August 1980
Comments News and comment Record birdwatch The 'Country Life Record Birdwatch' team carried out their much-publicised attempt on a new one-day record number of species on 10th May 1980. Peter Smith and David Pearson, holders of the old record of 126, were in the team, a...
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