Late Nesting in Britain in 1960

01 March 1964
Comments Main paper I N T H E SUMMER of i960 some Song Thrushes and Blackbirds* around Oxford were found to be continuing their nesting much later than is normal. Subsequent investigation showed that this very late breeding occurred over a considerable part of Britain. Infor...
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Letters

01 July 1954
Comments Letters SIRS,--Records of Scaup (Aythya marila) appearing inland in Yorkshire this winter (1953-54) have been unusually numerous and I should be interested to know if these occurrences have been peculiar to Yorkshire only or whether this species has been recorded...
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Request for information

01 July 1954
Comments Editorials Large passage of Black Terns.--In 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1950 interesting spring passages of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) were noted in the British Isles, and the records were summarized and discussed in British Birds (antea, vol. xl, pp. 24-26, 93 and 37...
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