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 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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