Notes

01 January 1969 Comments Notes Mute Swans sunbathing On 22nd August 1968, on the Lancashire side of Windermere, I saw a family of five Mute Swans Cygnus olor on a gravel bank. They were quite tame and did not move off when I sat down ten yards away. The sun then came out and they start...
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Notes

01 April 1965 Comments Notes Manx Shearwaters and other sea-birds as prey of Peregrines and Golden Eagles.--The following observations may be of interest in view of the recent note by A. J. Gaston (Brit Birds, 5 7: 466-467). On 30th September 1964, at about 2,000 feet on Hallival, Is...
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