Farewell to IJFL

Farewell to IJFL

It was sad to hear yesterday that James Ferguson-Lees passed away in the early hours of 11th January 2017, three days after his 88th birthday. He was executive editor of BB for 19 years from 1954 and oversaw a number of major innovations during that time; he was instrumental in the establishment of both the British Birds Rarities Committee and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. We send our sympathies to his wife, Karen.

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