Notes

01 October 1986 Comments Notes Egret in mid Atlantic. On 21 st November 1984,1 was on board HMS Sirius sailing from Newfoundland, Canada, to Plymouth, Devon. When about 1,500 km west of Cornwall, at approximately 50°N, an egret Egretta Bubulcus circled strongly around the ship for ...
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Ospreys in action

01 June 1968 Comments Main paper The Osprey Pandion haliaetus was featured in our series of 'less familiar birds' in 1956 (Brit Birds, 49: 489-492, plates 65-72); the photographs then, by M, D. England, showed the bird perched, the pair at the nest, the nest site, the habitat and other a...
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