Notes

01 April 1990
Comments Notes Attempted piracy by Black-headed Gull on Rednecked Grebe Peter Boardman's account of a Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus harassing a Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristalus (Brit. Birds 80: 114-115) recalled the following. On 26th January 1987, on a...
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Notes

01 November 1989
Comments Notes Western Reef Heron eating Phylloscopus warblers. On 11th March 1984, in a well-watered hotel garden at Hurghada, Egypt, a solitary Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea was observed at close quarters. Suddenly, the heron darted forward and took...
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Notes

01 February 1988
Comments Notes Occurrence of 'Russian' Bean Geese in Lancashire/Merseyside The small flocks of Bean Geese Anser fabalis which winter in Britain consist of individuals of the long-billed nominate race A. f. fabalis, known as the 'Western' Bean Goose (Ogilvie 1978). Strag...
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Letters

01 April 1986
Comments Letters Escapes? Some years ago, Derek Goodwin and the late Derrick England published some long comments on the problem for birdwatchers of escaped cage birds (Brit. Birds49: 339-349; 67: 177-197). Since those papers, a new generation of birders has appeared, ...
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Notes

01 November 1984
Comments Notes One Fulmar killing another At 10.34 GMT on 6th April 1982, at Linni Geo, Fair Isle, Shetland, I came across two Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis fighting in the sea at the base of a 30-m cliff. I was about 100m away, but had a clear view. Although I did...
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House Sparrows down coal mines

01 August 1980
Comments Main paper The House Sparrow Passer domesticus is unique among birds in its close association with man. It is regularly to be found living in large buildings such as railway stations, factories, breweries and stores. There is normally ready access to such buildin...
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Notes

01 September 1979
Comments Notes Great Skua killing Sooty Shearwater During August and the first half of September 1977, passage of Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus off Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, was well above normal. Consequently, they and Great Skuas Stercorarius skua w...
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Letters

01 May 1978
Comments Letters Field identification of Black-throated Diver in winter Mystery photograph 14 (Brit. Birds 71: 34) was very interesting and instructive. It illustrated clearly the distinctive white thigh patch of Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica, which I have...
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Notes

01 January 1975
Comments Notes Common and Black-headed Gulls flight-feeding over ragwort On the west coast of much of the Outer Hebrides is found the machair, a stretch of flat sandy soil used mainly for growing a mixed crop of rye and oats for animal fodder. Landward of thi...
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