Letters

01 August 1935
Comments Letters SIRS,--There is a remarkable drop in t h e numbers of Swallows, Martins and Swifts in Shropshire this year. Several of t h e usual nesting places are void of birds. One or two pairs of Swifts nest regularly in t h e roof of m y house ; this year there are...
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Notes

01 August 1935
Comments Notes WHEN staying with Capt. J. A. R. Macdonald at Balranald, in North Uist, in spring, 1935, I discovered a large " roost " of Twites (Carduelis f. bensonorum). This was in a plantation of willow trees near Balranald House, about a hundred yards long by fort...
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