Seventy-five years ago

01 September 2006 Comments Other EARLY NESTING OF RED-BACKED SHRIKE IN KENT. I OBSERVE that in [Brit. Birds] Vol. 20, p. 150, May 11th is mentioned as the earliest recorded date for a complete clutch of the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius c. collurio). It is therefore of interest that I per...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 November 1985 Comments Other 'ON SOME ISLE OF WIGHT BIRDS. RAVEN (Corvus corax).--We Hampshire naturalists were no little grieved last year to hear that the last pair of Freshwater Ravens were first robbed of their five eggs and then shot. The Royal Society for the Protection of B...
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