Notes

01 May 1948 Comments Notes ON December 18th, 1946, I saw a Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocaiactes subsp.?) about two miles west of Turners Hill, Sussex. It flew across the road and settled in a tree about 35 yards away in full view. I was able to watch the bird for about three minute...
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The index of Heron population, 1947

01 May 1948 Comments Main paper THE number of heronries on which reports for 1947 were received at the Edward Grey Institute was 158, or 13 less than in the previous year. Of these 122 were in England, 6 in Wales, 11 in Scotland and 19 in Ireland. We are indebted to 63 informants, of wh...
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Reviews

01 April 1941 Comments Reviews Lundy : Isle of Puffins. By Richard Perry. (Lindsay Drummond.) With 37 photographs by Alan Richardson. 12s. 6d. net. T H I S book is the result of observation during the five summer months of 1939 which Mr. Perry spent on Lundy, off the N. Devon coast. It...
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