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BB eye: Science and birding – reflections on some pioneers

01 January 2021 Comments Editorials The history of the luminaries of science and birding is a long and illustrious one, as is the list of names. Those included here are personal choices to highlight a range of aspects of science and birding. As birders, we will be familiar wi...

Volume 114 Issue 1

January 2021 - contents

BB eye: Science and birding – reflections on some pioneers

News and comment

From the rarities committee’s files: BBRC and newly split species

The reintroduction of the White-tailed Eagle to Britain: a personal perspective

The chick-rearing period of the Great Auk: a mystery solved

‘Taiga Merlin’ in Caithness: new to Britain

Genetic analysis reveals the origin of a Bearded Vulture in northern Europe in summer 2020

Roof-nesting Lesser Black-backed Gulls using nearby tourist beach as crèche for fledglings in the Netherlands

Drake Mandarin Duck escorting brood

Tawny Owl landing on water

Trans-continental dispersal of a UK-bred juvenile Peregrine Falcon

Jackdaws feeding on Yew berries

Wild berries as food for birds in the eastern Canary Islands

Interaction between Long-tailed Tits and Blue Tits at a nest site

Opportunistic use of temporary refuge from the cold by Bearded Tits

European Stonechat with ocular nematode

Peter Hope Jones (1935–2020)

Frank Denis Hamilton (1932–2020)

The Birds of Italy

A Farm in the Marsh

Bird Senses: how and what birds see, hear, smell, taste and feel

Raptor Prey Remains: a guide to identifying what’s been eaten by a bird of prey

Henry Seebohm’s Ornithology

Into the Tangled Bank

Recent reports

My patch: West Dengie

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