Letters

01 September 2002
Comments Letters While it came as no great surprise to the observers of the `Dungeness petrel' (Brit. Birds 95: 156-165) that the record was rejected, this feeling merely reflects what we take to be a widespread view among observers: that the BBRC finds it very difficu...
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Notes

01 September 2002
Comments Notes The Pallid Swift Apus pallidus found moribund on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, on 26th October 1996 was the first Scottish record, and the ninth for Britain & Ireland since 1958 (Gray 1997, 1998; Rogers et al. 1997). Significantly, as a specime...
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The Carl Zeiss Award 2000

01 October 2000
Comments Main paper Established in 1959, the British Birds Rarities Committee has been supported and sponsored by the optical company Carl Zeiss Ltd for 18 years, since 1983 (Brit. Birds 76: 475).To encourage photographers to submit their photographs of rare birds for the...
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