Personalities. 18 O. J. Merne

01 January 1979
Comments Main paper It was probably in 1961 that Britishers first became aware of a rather enthusiastic young birdwatcher by the name of Merne. This was during the heyday of Great Saltee Bird Observatory, when Oscar was persuaded to ring his first bird. Today, some 20,000...
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Ross's Gulls in Alaska

01 January 1979
Comments Main paper On 3rd August 1894, beset in ice off the Siberian coast, the Noerwegian arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, entered in his diary: 'Today m y longing has at last been satisfied, I have shot Ross's Gull. This rare and mysterious in...
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Territory in the Ringed Plover

01 March 1947
Comments Main paper IN July, 1944, I had an opportunity of studying the territorial behaviour of Ringed Plover (Charadrius h. hiaticula), at Malahide, Co. Dublin, where large numbers nest in and around the tern colony. The conditions for observation were exceptionally fav...
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