BBRC had received no further nominations of birders with a working knowledge of record assessment in Wales by the closing date of 1st May. Because of this we are delighted to announce that Phil Bristow will become the next member of BBRC. Phil is well-known to Welsh birders and has served on the Glamorgan Records […]
Following the request for nominations for BBRC membership published in the autumn, BBRC are pleased to announce that there will be an election for the new member for 2002.County records and bird observatory records committees vote in the election that will take place in mid-January and we will announce the results in early February. We […]
Ken Shaw, as the longest serving member of BBRC, is due to retire on 1st April 2002. Ken has been a member of BBRC since 1994 and has helped us enormously with his extensive knowledge of both birds and observers. He was particularly interested in seabird records and the psychology of birding and birders. We […]
The British Birds Rarities Committee decided to change the way it considers records of certain hard-to-identify species pairs at their AGM in March 2001. Traditionally BBRC has accepted species pairs of some groups such as the praticoles Glareola and Bee-eaters Merops, that had previously been considered straight-forward in the generic identification but exceptionally tricky in […]
At this year’s AGM of BBRC we decided that the following species will not be considered by BBRC from 1st Jan 2002 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax American Wigeon Anas americana Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus All three satisfy the statistical requirements for removal from the BBRC list that more than 150 individuals have occurred during […]
BBRC are pleased to announce that, following a recent ballot of County Records Committees and Bird Observatories organised by ACRE and BBRC, Brian Small from Suffolk has been appointed as the new member of the committee as from 1st April 2001. We are delighted to welcome him onto the committee and are sure he will […]
Following the request for nominations for BBRC membership published in the September issue of British Birds (93: 433), BBRC are pleased to announce that there will be an election for the new member for 2001. The two nominees are Steve Votier and Brian Small, both birders of the highest calibre with a sound working knowledge […]
Andy Stoddart, as the longest serving member of BBRC, is due to retire on 1st April 2001. Andy has been a member of BBRC since 1993 and has helped us enormously with his extensive knowledge of bird identification, particularly of Eastern Palearctic passerines. We are now seeking a replacement with the usual attributes required for […]
Members of BBRC have now examined the skins or photographs of the skins of most relevant specimens of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris held in museums in Western Europe. We are indebted to Didier Vangeluwe for his assistance in this matter. We have concentrated on that small number in 1st summer plumage and a working paper […]
BBRC is aware that this form is being reported with increasing frequency in Britain though as yet is has not been formally admitted to the British List. This would require a record or records to be accepted by both BBRC and BOURC. We are aware that various individuals have been well documented (e.g. Garner et […]