All the subspecies accounts (under ‘Subspecies Information’) have now been updated to reflect IOC taxonomy and our evolving knowledge of status and identification, recent acceptances, changes in assessment policy and evidence requirements etc.
Updated texts for warblers and Long-tailed Tit have now been added under ‘Species Information’
New rare subspecies accounts for ‘Treecreeper to Stonechat’ and ‘Wagtails to Buntings’ now added to ‘Species Information’ pages.
New texts on ‘Larks to Hirundines’ have been added under ‘Species Information’.
New texts have been added to the ‘Owls to Tits’ page under ‘Species Information’.
New texts on rare skua, tern and gull subspecies have now been added to the ‘Species Information’ pages.
New information on rare wader subspecies has now been added to the ‘Species Info’ pages.
Updated information on BBRC’s position on rare subspecies of cormorants, herons and grebes has now been uploaded to the ‘Cormorants to Grebes’ page under ‘Species Information’.
Updated information on BBRC’s position on rare subspecies of birds of prey has now been uploaded to the ‘Birds of Prey’ page under ‘species Information’.
Updated information on BBRC’s position on rare forms of Common Eider has now been uploaded to the ‘Swans to Ducks’ page under ‘Species Information’.