Notes

01 June 1973 Comments Notes Aggression by female Buzzard at nest I was intrigued by the recent note from G. A. Williams and D. Coan on aggression by a female Buzzard Buteo buteo {Brit. Birds, 66: 31-32). O n 26th April 1944, in a large stand of mature Scots pines on a Lak...
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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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Letters

01 April 1965 Comments Letters Manx Shearwaters as prey of Peregrines Sirs,--A recent note by A. J. Gaston (Brit. Birds, 57: 466-467) stated that there did not appear to be any previous record of the Manx Shearwater Procellaria puffinus as prey of the Peregrine Fa/co peregrinus in Brit...
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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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01 March 1963 Comments Notes IT is gratifying to see Mr. C. S. Meares's note on th Crossbill (Loxia c. curvirostra) breeding in Shropshire an Norfolk (British Birds, Vol. VI., p. 371), and to find that i has also bred in Surrey (Countryside, Vol. V., p. 387). Ther can be no doubt as...
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01 September 1959 Comments Notes with Mackerel shoals.--During- the months of July, August and September, Mackerel (Scomber scomber) habitually enter the Village Bay of Hirta, St, Kilda, in the late afternoon and evening. These shoals are often pursued by Grey Seals (Halichoerus gryphus)...
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