The review of records of ‘Siberian Chiffchaff’ Phylloscopus collybita tristis during 2008 has established that this taxon (or at least birds that can be assigned to tristis/‘fulvescens’) occurs too frequently to be considered a BBRC rarity. BBRC is extremely grateful to those observers and recorders who cooperated with this review and submitted documentation to support […]
Paul French has been elected unopposed as the next new voting member of BBRC following a recent call for nominations. The vacancy has arisen with the elevation of Adam Rowlands to chairman. Paul’s experience is extensive both in the UK and abroad with a host of high quality (and difficult) rarity finds to his name, […]