Notes

01 February 1968 Comments Notes Bill-colour of Garganey ducklings.--On 22nd July 1967, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, I came upon a female Garganey Anas querquedula with two half-grown ducklings. Not having seen ducklings of this species before, I took special note of their colouring. In...
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Notes

01 November 1955 Comments Notes Gull-billed Terns in Sussex.--On 29th May 1955, I saw two Gullbilled Terns (Gelochelidon nilotica) flying- slowly eastward together just off shore at Langney Point, Sussex. I w a s able to note the short, thick and completely black bills, the stocky shape...
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