Seventy-five years ago

01 March 1986 Comments Other 'SHAG IN SUFFOLK. ON January 23rd, 1911, an immature Shag (Phalacrocorax graculus) was sent to me by post with a request to name it, and the following account of its capture:--"My son was riding his bicycle home the other evening about 7.30, and the bi...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 July 1985 Comments Other 'Of the birds there was no doubt, and in spite of my terribly bad ear for distinguishing closely allied bird-notes, I was at once able to pick out the song of the male from the chattering chorus of Reed- and Sedge-Warblers. I will at once confess to an...
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