The BBRC is the official adjudicator of rare bird records in Britain. It publishes its annual report in the monthly journal British Birds.
These web pages supplement the Annual Report and also enable birders worldwide to keep abreast with the latest committee news.
The current Work-in-Progress (WIP) file shows 6 records for Marmora’s Warbler as being back ‘in circulation’. This has NOTHING to do with the acceptability of these records – they remain OK you will be glad to hear! BBRC have been intending to review the records to determine if they could be assigned to sub-species for [...]
As from January 1st 2013 Olive-backed Pipit will no longer be a BBRC species. This delightful ‘Sibe’ has been showing a steady increase in numbers recently with typically from 10 to 20 birds each year. But in 2012 there was a major influx of close to 50 birds, and that meant our criteria for removal [...]
At this time of year we try to chase down the few missing records that we have not yet received, especially those for which there is a photograph. This year there are 26, although if we ignored the Glossy ibis and the Cat D species then it is just 18. Here they are. Ref.No. Species [...]
In a recent Work-in-Progress file some of you spotted 3 records for the ‘County’ of Iraq! Well it was correct although it was not intended to leave them in the WIP file. We are occasionally asked by countries that are beginning to create the infrastructure for bird recording about the methods we use, and wherever [...]
After a request for claims of ‘Lesser’ Canada Geese we have now decided on an acceptable taxonomy to process them. The full details are in the “Species & RIACT”pages here These Species pages will become a major source of information on how various taxa are handled by BBRC. Be patient, but information on more species [...]
