Monthly marathon

01 March 2004 Comments Other Photo no. 203 (plate 77) shows three falcons gathered at the entrance to what is obviously a nest-site. Most birders will immediately recognise these birds as kestrels and, with just two species breeding within the Western Palearctic, the choice lies b...
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Looking back

01 May 2003 Comments Other DECREASE OF BLACK GAME IN SCOTLAND. SIRS,--With reference to the note on this subject (Brit. Birds 21: 206-207), I have had occasion to observe on some moors in Holstein, north Germany, that Black Grouse [Tetrao tetrix] are extremely susceptibl...
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