We are delighted to announce that Steve Votier was confirmed in post on 1st July 2011 as a full-time member of BBRC. There were no further nominations following the announcement in support of Steve (Brit. Birds 104: 311). He had been co-opted to fill the vacancy provided by Lance Degnan, who retired in April 2010. […]
We are delighted to announce that the RSPB has agreed to support the work of the BBRC. Throughout Europe, many BirdLife partner organisations provide support for the work of their national rarities committee, but that has not been the case in Britain – until now. Although many birders may not immediately associate the RSPB with […]
The 2011 BBRC AGM was held in Oxford on 12th–13th March. We had not expected the opportunity to connect with a top-class rarity when that location was agreed a year in advance (members were able to visit Chipping Norton to see the wintering Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis prior to the main business commencing) and credit must go to local member Nic Hallam […]