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Trio of threatened breeding birds of prey vanish

11 May 2015 Comments News and comment Three nesting male Hen Harriers have vanished in Lancashire in as many weeks in unexplained circumstances. Lancashire Police and the RSPB are appealing for any information that could uncover their fate; the RSPB is also putting up a Â£10,000 reward f...

Flight identification of European raptors

13 March 2014 Comments Main paper We now turn to the four harriers Circus, a genus associated with extensive reedbeds, cornfields and moorland, not requiring trees or cliffs as do most raptors. Three--Marsh C. aeruginosas, Hen C. cyanms and Montagu's C. pjgargus--are comparatively common,...

Letters

01 August 2012 Comments Letters ...

Honey-buzzards in southern England

01 January 2012 Comments Short paper ...

Notes

01 September 2011 Comments Notes On 8th April 2010, PT found two Greylag Goose Anser anser nests on a ruined castle in Co. Cork. Greylags are typically ground- nesters but there are documented cases of (single) Greylag nests in trees (e.g. Redfern 2002, Coath, 2006); to our knowledge,...

Inconsistency in the taxonomy of Hen and Northern Harriers: causes and consequences

08 April 2011 Comments Main paper ...

Winter roosting behaviour of Hen Harriers in northern England

01 January 2010 Comments Main paper This article presents some observations on the winter roosting behaviour of Hen Har- riers Circus cyaneus in northern England during the winters of 2006/07 and 2007/08. The 7-km2 study area of low-lying hills (100-235 m asl) is a mixture of bog, heath, co...

News and comment

01 December 2009 Comments News and comment The illegal persecution of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus rarely attracts mainstream media coverage – but it was national news at the end of October! Two Hen Harriers were shot on the edge of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and police interviewed Prin...

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01 April 2008 Comments Notes ...

Northbound migrant raptors in June and July at the Strait of Gibraltar

01 November 2006 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A small but significant northward movement of raptors occurs across the Strait of Gibraltar in June and July, following the main spring passage. Six key species – Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus, Black Kite Milvus migrans, ...

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Trio of threatened breeding birds of prey vanish

Flight identification of European raptors

Letters

Honey-buzzards in southern England

Notes

Inconsistency in the taxonomy of Hen and Northern Harriers: causes and consequences

Winter roosting behaviour of Hen Harriers in northern England

News and comment

Notes

Northbound migrant raptors in June and July at the Strait of Gibraltar

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