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Extralimital races of the Ring Ouzel in Britain

01 February 2015 Comments BOURC In 2012 BOURC undertook a review of three records of extralimital races of Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus in Britain. It concluded that the records were no longer acceptable and that the races alpestris and ... Read More

Notes

01 February 2011 Comments Notes One of the most likely forms of avian play involves a bird carrying an object into the air to repeatedly drop and catch it in flight. With some variations, drop-catch behaviour has been observed in raptors, gulls, corvids and possibly hirundines (Ficken 1... Read More

Announcement

01 October 2001 Comments Editorials Thanks to the generosity of well-known artist and staunch BB-supporter Ian Wallace, BB is delighted to offer its subscribers the opportunity to purchase this fantastic DIMW original, featuring European Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and No... Read More

Roof assemblies of lapwings and plovers in Britain

01 January 2001 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The use of the large roof areas of commercial and industrial premises for daytime roosting by Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus and European Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria is a relatively new phenomenon, confined mostly... Read More