Ospreys 

01 November 2019
Comments Reviews By Tim Mackrill Bloomsbury, 2019 (‘RSPB Spotlight’ series) Sbk, 128pp; many colour photographs ISBN 978-1-4729-5603-3; £12.99 It’s always nice to have a choice and for all but the most devoted of Osprey afi...
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Woodpeckers 

01 November 2019
Comments Reviews By Gerard Gorman Bloomsbury, 2018 (‘RSPB Spotlight’ series) Pbk, 128pp; many colour photographs ISBN 978-1-4729-5118-2; £9.99  The ‘RSPB Spotlight’ series is shining its bright, if rather narrow, bea...
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Notes

01 December 1963
Comments Notes my last note on the recovery of Starlings marked at Bradfield, Berkshire (Brit. Birds, VI., p. 13), twenty-five captures have to be recorded. Only two of these occurred abroad, or indeed more than five miles from the place where they were ringed, viz. :-...
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Notes

01 November 1963
Comments Notes IT has long been known that, in the Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) the mandibles cross indifferently on either side in different individuals. Recently, however, for a special purpose, I desired to ascertain whether or not individuals having the man...
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Notes

01 June 1963
Comments Notes IN August I received a letter from Mr. A. C. Theron dated from " Riet Vallei, District Lindley, O.F.S." stating that a Swallow had been captured bearing a ring with my name and address. As Mr. Theron gave neither the number of the ring nor the date of cap...
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Notes

01 May 1963
Comments Notes FOE some years now I have been paying particular attention to the nestlings of common birds. It is of course now known to all ornithologists that the parents keep the nest clean (as a general rule) by carrying away the excrement, and often by swallowing ...
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