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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results

31 March 2016 Comments News and comment More than half a million people joined in the world's largest garden wildlife survey turning their eyes to the garden to watch and count over eight million birds during the 37th RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch; witnessing some...

Poor weather hits garden birds

22 March 2016 Comments News and comment With the BTO's Garden BirdWatch results now published for 2015, we can see the full impact last year's wet spring had on our garden birds. Some of the birds that had a particularly poor year were those that are most familiar to us, such...

'Polish' Mute Swans

17 March 2016 Comments News and comment The so-called 'Polish' Mute Swan is a genetically determined colour variant, which results in white cygnets with pale greyish-pink legs and feet. In over 50 years of birding in Norfolk, Moss Taylor has encountered Polish Mute Swans at only two locations: ...

Help for House Martins

16 March 2016 Comments News and comment The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is looking for volunteers to follow and record the nesting activity of House Martins this summer, to help understand why it is in trouble. ...

Hundreds of thousands of birds still being killed illegally on British military base in Cyprus

15 March 2016 Comments News and comment Over 800,000 birds were trapped and killed illegally on a British military base in Cyprus last autumn, according to the latest research by the RSPB and BirdLife Cyprus. Cyprus has two endemic passerines - Cyprus Warbler and Cypr...

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Recent reports

01 July 1992 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 15th May to 12th June 1992 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Tacumshin (Co. Wexford), 20th May. Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Cahirciveen (Co. Kerry), 27th May (fi...

News and comment

01 July 1992 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' CITES and the wild-bird trade The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held its latest conference in Kyoto, Japan...

Rarities Committee news and announcements

01 July 1992 Comments BBRC News ...

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