Notes

01 November 1955
Comments Notes Pheasant nesting 35 feet above ground in same tree as Sparrowhawk.--On 6th May 1963, in company with Adam Gains, we flushed a hen Pheasant (Phasianus cokbicus) from the old nest of a Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) which had been built the previous year abo...
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Notes

01 November 1955
Comments Notes Gull-billed Terns in Sussex.--On 29th May 1955, I saw two Gullbilled Terns (Gelochelidon nilotica) flying- slowly eastward together just off shore at Langney Point, Sussex. I w a s able to note the short, thick and completely black bills, the stocky shape...
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