With reference to the announcement concerning changes to the English names that BB uses (in the January 2011 issue, Brit. Birds 104: 53), my views are probably known already (having reviewed Birds of the World: recommended English names for BB - Brit. Birds 101: 264-265) and as a world lister I am all in favor of standard names throughout. Back in the days of the Witherby handbook, when British birding was insular in all senses of the word, we could get away with 'The Swift', 'The Kingfisher' or 'The Wren' but with the explosion of birdwatching into an international industry with English as its international language the situation is now very different.