Monthly marathon

01 January 2015 Comments Other t would be unfair to penalise those competitors whose postcards have been delayed by the British postal strike, or those who were unable to send their entries at all because of blocked postboxes. We are, therefore, extending the deadline from 15th Septemb...
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Recent Reports

01 October 1998 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary covers the period from 17th August to 13th September 1998. These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris Cape Clear Island (Co. Cork),...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 October 1998 Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Monthly Marathon

01 October 1998 Comments Other The fifth stage (plate 94) was named as Dunn's Lark Eremelauda dunni (46%), Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra (31%), Thick-billed Lark Rhamphocoris clotbey (8%), Black-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix nigriceps (4%), Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra (...
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Announcements

01 October 1998 Comments Editorials Changes are noted in bold. EDITORIAL Papers, notes, letters, drawings & photographs for publication; exchange journals & county bird reports; competition entries Dr J. T. R, Sharrock, British Birds, Fountains, Park Lane, Blunham, Bedfor...
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Looking Back

01 October 1998 Comments Other Twenty-five years ago: 'ALDRIN AND DIELDRIN TO BE WITHDRAWN. Nearly four years ago the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals recommended that the use of aldrin and dieldrin as seed-dressings in the control of wheat-bulb fly should ...
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