News and comment

01 September 1973
Comments News and comment Pickled birds on the menu A recent press statement by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds draws attention to a distasteful matter not yet covered by legislation: the importing of pickled birds from Cyprus. It is thought that five to s...
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Letters

01 September 1973
Comments Letters Scope of 'British Birds' I have been receiving British Birds for a few years now, and it appears to me that the present trend is to include more and more foreign material. For example, the March 1973 issue contained papers on the iden...
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Notes

01 September 1973
Comments Notes Unusual hunting behaviour of Sparrowhawks During February 1972, at Benacre, Suffolk, I spent several hours observing a pair of Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus hunting over a particular field which had been left to seed. This field was the feeding ...
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Recent reports

01 September 1973
Comments News and comment An adult Purple Heron Ardea purpurea stayed at Minsmere (Suffolk) from 1st to 18th and an immature remained there from 9th to 24th, while at Sandown (Isle of Wight) one arrived on 17th. In Lincolnshire single Little Egrets Egretta garzetta occurred at ...
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Recent reports - May

01 August 1973
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records May was a month of unsettled weather, generally warm in most parts of Britain but with above average rainfall in some places. The presence during the first week of an area of high pressure ...
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Notes

01 August 1973
Comments Notes Death of Great Crested Grebe in unusual circumstances On 26th June 1971, at Rostherne Mere National Nature Reserve, Cheshire, I observed a pair of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus in what appeared to be normal courtship display. One part...
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