Jones, P. H, Nesbitt, L, Donovan, J. W, Thom, V. M, Hickling, R. A. O, Harber, D. D, King, B, Jones, P. H, Nesbitt, L, Donovan, J. W, Thom, V. M, Hickling, R. A. O, Harber, D. D, King, B, Jones, P. H, Donovan, J. W, Thom, V. M, Hickling, R. A. O, King, B & Harber, D. D / December 1955 – vol. 48, issue 12–⁠553

Goshawk in Middlesex.--On the afternoon of 20th March 1955 B. P . Pickess, I. G. and K. Johnson and I were standing beside the River Colne at Harefield Moor in Middlesex, when a raptor was seen approaching at a height of 200-250 ft. from the Buckinghamshire side of the river. W h e n first seen it had the appearance of a large Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), being considerably larger than Woodpigeon...

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