Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other DECREASE OF BLACK GAME IN SCOTLAND. SIRS,--With reference to the note on this subject (Brit. Birds 21: 206-207), I have had occasion to observe on some moors in Holstein, north Germany, that Black Grouse [Tetrao tetrix] are extremely susceptibl...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other Breeding status of Goosanders in Wales Roger Lovegrove `In their account of the spread of the Goosander Mergus merganser in Britain and Ireland, Meek & Little (1977) [Brit. Birds 70: 229-237] referred to proved breeding in Wales in 1972, and the po...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other FLOOD-DAMAGE AT HAVERGATE ISLAND. SIRS ,--One of our most important bird-reserves, Havergate Island, Suffolk, was severely damaged by the exceptional tide which swept down the East Anglian coast on February 1st. This island is not only unique i...
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Looking back

01 May 2003
Comments Other EARLY NESTING OF THE SHAG IN DONEGAL. ON March 20th, 1927, Mr. C. B. Horsburgh reports having seen two Shags (Phalacrocorax a. aristotelis) sitting on nests, containing one egg each, on the north-west coast of Donegal. This is by far the earli...
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