Notes

01 May 1946 Comments Notes DURING a continuation of observations on migration in the Trent Valley near Nottingham in 1945, the following species were noted, most of the records being the first for the county and therefore worthy of-record. ICTERINE WARBLER (Hippolais icterina),--A...
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The Scar Rocks Gannetry, 1942

01 September 1942 Comments Main paper THE Scar Rocks lie. at the entrance to Ltice Bay in Wigtownshire, almost due east of the Mull of Galloway. They include the main rock, known as the Big Scar and several smaller rocks that lie about half a mile away. These smaller rocks are only about twen...
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The Irish Gannet Colonies, 1938

01 March 1939 Comments Main paper THE two main breeding-stations of the Gannet (Sula bassana) in Ireland, Little Skellig and the Bull Rock, are situated off the coasts of Cork and Kerry. Owing to its exposed position in a remote locality attempts to land on Little Skellig have rarely been...
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Letters

01 March 1935 Comments Letters SIRS,--In view of t h e recent article b y Brian Roberts on t h e Gannet colonies of Iceland (antea, pp. 100-105) it may be of interest to record the following observations on the colony a t Grimsey, off north Iceland. Roberts recorded twenty-one pairs of...
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Notes

01 March 1935 Comments Notes I SPENT the months August-November (inclusive), 1934, on holiday at Salcombe, south Devon. Most of my time was engaged in bird-observing, and the following notes may be of interest:-- CUCKOO (Cuculus c. canorus).--One was calling strongly on Bolt Head, e...
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Letter

01 December 1934 Comments Letters SIRS,--Messrs. H. Morrey Salmon and R. M. Lockley, in their paper on " The Grassholm Gannets--A Survey and a Census " (antea, Vol. X X V I I . , pp. 142-152) appear, in their historical survey of t h e colony, to have overlooked a paper dealing with the c...
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