Seventy-five years ago

01 September 1985
Comments Other '. . . we note that Mr Masefield regards ten species as new to the Staffordshire ornis; but the evidence with regard to the Lesser White-fronted Goose and the Sandwich Tern we should regard as necessitating square brackets.' (Brit. Birds 4: 112; Septem...
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Fifty years agoÉ

01 May 1982
Comments Other 'On 11th August 1931, and the next few days, a CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax c. carbo) created much interest by taking up a position each evening on the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral... An injured WOODCOCK (Scolopax r. rusticola) was picked up alive on 11th...
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