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Letters

01 February 2010 Comments Letters The recent paper by Richard Broughton (Brit. Birds 102: 604-616) summarised a welcome analysis of the relative importance of the various criteria used to separate Willow Poecile montana and Marsh Tits P. palustris. We consider, however, that the con- clus... Read More

The status of Marsh and Willow Tits in the UK

01 September 2003 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The population trends of Marsh Parus palustris and Willow Tits P. montanus in the UK are examined using data from ringing totals, from 1956 to 2001 inclusive.These data may represent the best long-term information av... Read More

Notes

01 February 2001 Comments Notes At 17.45 hours on 20th March 1995, at East Hyde on the River Lea, 3.2 km north of Batford, Hertfordshire, I observed an immature Grey Heron Ardea cinerea perched on a branch of an Alder Alnus glutinosa, the only tree along that stretch of the river. Ow... Read More

Notes

01 December 1984 Comments Notes Grey Heron parents attending grounded nestlings. In my monograph on the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (1954, The Heron), I stated of young blown from the treetops that 'If in crashing the bird breaks a leg or wing it will not survive long, but if uninjured ... Read More