Late Nesting in Britain in 1960

01 March 1964
Comments Main paper I N T H E SUMMER of i960 some Song Thrushes and Blackbirds* around Oxford were found to be continuing their nesting much later than is normal. Subsequent investigation showed that this very late breeding occurred over a considerable part of Britain. Infor...
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Letters

01 February 1947
Comments Letters SIRS,--With reference to Colonel Ryves's note (antea, Vol. xxxix, p. 375} oa a clutch of two eggs only, of the Blackbird (Turdus »». merula), I wish to point out that this number of eggs for a full clutch is not extremely abnormal. I cannot but thin...
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