The BBRC’s WIP (Work in Progress) file has been updated – with submissions received up to 2 April 2023. This file lists records that are either ‘in circulation’, with decisions since the last report was published or that may have been overlooked in recent months. The next annual rarities report will feature in the October 2023 issue of British Birds. Thank you to all birders and county recorders who have been providing submissions in recent months, and for your patience whilst we have begun to catch up with a significant backlog of records. Good birding to all ..read more

The BBRC’s WIP (Work in Progress) file has been updated – with submissions received up to 14 June 2022. This file lists records that are either ‘in circulation’ or with decisions since the last report was published. The next annual rarities report will feature in the October 2022 issue of British Birds. Thank you to all birders and county recorders who have been providing submissions in recent months, and apologies for slow responses during that period. Good birding to all ..read more

After nearly six years in the role, Chas Holt will be stepping down as Secretary at the end of the current report cycle in September. Chas has brought a incredible wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role of Secretary and will be sorely missed. Consequently, BBRC is seeking a new Secretary. We hope to have a new person in place in time to shadow Chas for a month or two before taking over fully in the autumn. A brief job description appears below, and we welcome any expressions of interest in the role, which also comes with a small stipend. Further enquiries should be directed to Paul Fren ..read more

The BBRC’s WIP (Work in Progress) file has been updated. It contains records received up to 29 March 2022 that are either ‘in circulation’ or with decisions since the last report. Please aim for further 2021 records not listed on the file to be submitted by the end of April 2022. That will help publication of the annual rarities report later this year – thank you. Many thanks to all birders and county recorders who have been providing submissions in recent months. Apologies for the rather slow responses during that period – your patience has been much appreciated. Any queries, or omissions, pl ..read more

The BBRC’s WIP (Work in Progress) file has been updated (including submissions up to 14 June 2021). Many thanks to all observers and county recorders who have provided submissions. We are now preparing the annual rarities report for 2020 which will be published later this year in British Birds. Good birding and stay safe ..read more

The BBRC’s WIP (Work in Progress) file has been updated (up to submissions at 07 January 2021). Many thanks to everyone who has provided submissions so far – your efforts are appreciated. Please continue to submit records to help ensure that the 2020 annual rarities report in BB is as comprehensive as possible. Stay safe all ..read more

The BBRC’s WIP (Work in Progress) file has been updated (19 June 2020). The decisions listed here will form the basis of the annual rarities report for 2019 due to be published later this year in BB. Many thanks to all county recorders and those who have submitted records. Your efforts are much appreciated. Stay safe all ..read more

An updated ‘Work in Progress’ file is available (29 March 2020). Thank you very much to all rarity finders, submitters, and county recorders for recently submitted records. We are working hard to process these for publication in the annual rarities report in BB later this year. There are still a number of records not yet received – including several high-profile birds – so we look forward to these being submitted very soon. Above all – best wishes to everyone at this testing time – and stay safe ..read more

An updated ‘Work in Progress’ file is available (at 27 November 2019). We look forward to receiving submissions for rarities not currently in the system. Thanks to all rarity finders, submitters, and county recorders for your help in this on-going task! This file contains ‘active’ records, and so does not tend to feature records (unless under review) that have been listed in previous annual Rarities Reports. The most recent report was for 2018, published in the October 2019 issue of BB ..read more

The BBRC was formed in 1959 – meaning this year marks 60 years of record assessment. We are grateful to have received birthday wishes from a host of other groups and national committees, listed here: Turkish Bird Records’ Committee has been established in November 2013 by the group of experienced birders which administrated the records submitted to Kuşbank (Turkish Online Bird Database, today eBird Turkey). BBRC and other European committees have been a model for our development. We congratulate 60th birthday of BBRC. Kerem Ali Boyla, secretary TBRC. On behalf of the Iran Bird Rec ..read more