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Recent Reports

01 November 1998 Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary of unchecked reports covers Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Quendale area (Shetland), 4th-6th October. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Deerness (Orkney), 29th September to 3rd October. Frank...

Announcements

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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 November 1998 Comments Editorials All records refer to 1998 unless stated otherwise. ACCEPTED: Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Minsmere (Suffolk), 26th May. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Eyebrook Reservoir (Leicestershire), 9th-10th May. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla ...

Looking Back

01 November 1998 Comments Other ...

Monthly Marathon

01 November 1998 Comments Other Although also named as Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, Greater Sand Plover C. leschenaultii, Caspian Plover C. asiaticus, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus and Isab...

News and Comment

01 November 1998 Comments News and comment ...

Report On Rare Birds In Great Britain In 1997

01 November 1998 Comments Main paper This is the fortieth annual Report of the Rarities Committee and, once again, it demonstrates the vital roles of the Report and the Committee. This is, perhaps, not surprising, as the Committee is the only body that liaises with the full network of Cou...

Recent reports

01 March 1981 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers December, to which month all dates refer unless stated otherwise. Northerly winds during the first week brought in cold Arctic air, but conditions were not severe...

News and comment

01 March 1981 Comments News and comment Little Tern Symposium Over 40 wardens and conservation stall from a variety of regional and national organisations gathered at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, on 4th November 1980 for a one-day discussion on Little Terns Sterna albifrons, with p...

Requests

01 March 1981 Comments Editorials Status of Reeves's Pheasant Currently, Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii is in category D of the British list. Recent checks, however, have indicated that all recorded liberations of the species have failed, while those in Woburn Park, Bedf...

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