July reports

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records A Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris was present in the gannetry on Herrnaness, Unst (Shetland), throughout the summer. Following the June report of a Fulmar Fulmarus glaci...
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News and comment

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment Growth of the British and Irish list The number of full species admitted to the British and Irish list during the 17 decades which have elapsed since 1800 has varied from as few as four to as many as 27 per decade, the average being 13; Kenneth...
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Notes

01 October 1974
Comments Notes Egg-laying by the Great Crested Grebe Although the behaviour of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus has been intensively studied, many questions are still open. One such question is how Great Crested Grebes lay their eggs, and whether they exhibit ...
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Notes

01 April 1946
Comments Notes IN the autumn of 1945 I have noticed Jackdaws (Corvus monedula spermologus) frequenting two holes in different beeches close together, at Westerham, Kent, but have been unable to prove definitely that they were breeding. A Jackdaw was seen to leave one h...
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Notes on the food of the Kestrel

01 April 1946
Comments Main paper THE following information has been gathered as the result of analyses of 206 pellets of the Kestrel (Fako t. timmnculus) collected at regular intervals between July 1st, 1944, and March 24th, 1945, from a roost in an old shed and are believed, from feathe...
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