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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... Read More

The Scar Rocks Gannetry, 1942

01 September 1942 Comments Main paper THE Scar Rocks lie. at the entrance to Ltice Bay in Wigtownshire, almost due east of the Mull of Galloway. They include the main rock, known as the Big Scar and several smaller rocks that lie about half a mile away. These smaller rocks are only about twen... Read More

The Irish Gannet Colonies, 1938

01 March 1939 Comments Main paper THE two main breeding-stations of the Gannet (Sula bassana) in Ireland, Little Skellig and the Bull Rock, are situated off the coasts of Cork and Kerry. Owing to its exposed position in a remote locality attempts to land on Little Skellig have rarely been... Read More

The migration of the Gannet: Results of marking in the British Isles

01 February 1939 Comments Main paper THE ·Object of this paper is to analyse the recovery records, in the case of the Gannet (Sula bassana), of birds ringed in the British Isles under the scheme formerly directed by the Editor of British Birds and now under the auspices of the British Trust... Read More