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Letters

01 May 1973 Comments Letters The Moorhen's ability to remain submerged A recent note by R. W. Robson (Brit. Birds, 65: 299-300) and the appended editorial comment suggest that it is unusual for Moorhens Gallinula chloropus to submerge for long periods of time, especially w... Read More

Notes

01 May 1973 Comments Notes Little Grebe eating bread On 7th October 1972, in Dunham Park, Cheshire, I was watching three Little Grebes Tachybaptus ruficollis, two adults and a juvenile, feeding on a pond at the side of a public footpath. There were also about 20 tame Mal... Read More

The ecology and conservation of the Red Kite in Wales

01 May 1973 Comments Main paper General introduction  The history of the British population of Red Kites Milvus milvus and of their protection in Wales, from the late nineteenth century until 1970, has been documented in much detail by Salmon (1957, 1970, and unpublished... Read More

Review

01 August 1939 Comments Reviews Skokholm Bird Observatory. Report for 1938. As this interesting report shows, Mr, R. M. Lockley is gradually building up at Skokholm a bird observatory which is doing valuable work. A large number of people visited the island during t h e year and helped ... Read More