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Flight identification of European raptors

01 November 1973 Comments Main paper In this, the final part of the series, we deal with the two remaining falcons, the three Acripiter hawks and the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus. These six species are divided into two groups--the kestrels and Black-winged Kite, and the Accipiters. ...

The breeding birds of a New Forest valley

01 November 1973 Comments Main paper The extensive heaths, unenclosed woodlands and valley bogs of the New Forest, Hampshire, are of outstanding scientific interest and collectively form the largest remaining tract of 'semi-natural' or 'unsown' vegetation in lowland Britain. The Forest wa...

Recent Reports

01 November 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary deals mainly with August, a month in which strong westerly winds in the first week brought in a number of American waders. However, anticyclonic conditions thereafter prod...

Reviews

01 November 1973 Comments Reviews The Natural History of Cape Clear Island. Edited by J. T. R. Sharrock. T. & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1973. 208 pages; 18 photographs; many maps, diagrams and line-drawings. £3.00. Since 1959 Cape Clear has established itself as a major European bi...

Notes

01 November 1973 Comments Notes Unusual behaviour of Black-necked Grebe From 6th to 15th October 1969, I daily observed a Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis in the harbour of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. When undisturbed by passing boats, it frequently dived and fed insid...

Field notes on the nesting habits of the Great Northern Diver

01 January 1950 Comments Main paper (Plates 1--9). THE following notes on the Great Northern Diver (Colymbus immer) were made chiefly at a nest on the great lake of Thingvallavatn in South-west Iceland during June, 1949. They are supplemented by field notes made during the previous June in ...

The pseudo-sleeping attitude of the Oyster-catcher

01 January 1950 Comments Main paper (Fair Isle Bird Observatory) IT IS well-known from the work of Makkink (1942) and Edwards et al. (1948) that in certain situations the Oyster-catcher (Hcematopus ostralegus) adopts a " pseudo-sleeping " attitude. The bird stands on one or both legs, with ...

Letters

01 January 1950 Comments Letters SIRS,--I have delayed answering the letter on the above subject from Mr. P. H. T. Hartley (British Birds, xli, pp. 254-255) because the data then available only served to justify his remark that " more investigation is needed." I examined the two sets of ...

Reviews

01 January 1950 Comments Reviews [The Editor regrets t h a t owing to an unfortunate period of ill-health a number of reviews and notices of local reports have been considerably delayed. It is hoped to get up to date with these in the numbers immediately following]. Bird Recognition. Vol...

Notes

01 January 1950 Comments Notes IT is well-known that a great many species of birds make use of old nests of the Magpie (Pica pica). I have several times seen examples of Carrion Crows (Corvus corone) doing so. In 1949, for the first time, I have had an example of Rooks (C. frugilegus)...

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Flight identification of European raptors

The breeding birds of a New Forest valley

Recent Reports

Reviews

Notes

Field notes on the nesting habits of the Great Northern Diver

The pseudo-sleeping attitude of the Oyster-catcher

Letters

Reviews

Notes

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