News and comment

01 March 1975
Comments News and comment Proposed Great Crested Grebe census Thorough breeding season censuses of the Great Crested Grebe were made in 1935, 1946-55 and 1965; and to maintain these ten-year checks the British Trust for Ornithology is arranging for a further census of t...
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Letters

01 March 1975
Comments Letters Manx Shearwaters plunge-diving Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus commonly feed by plunge-diving, in the manner described by Bernard King {Brit. Birds, 67: 77), when fish shoals are located very close to the surface. I think that the presence ,...
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Notes

01 March 1975
Comments Notes Fulmar occupying Ravens' nest On 18th March 1974 I watched a pair of Ravens Corvus corax nest-building at a sea-cliff site on Out Skerries, Shetland. The pair carried materials to the site all day, and by about 18.00 hours the nest was virtuall...
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Recent reports

01 March 1975
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records A Balearic Shearwater Puffinus puffinus mauretanicus was identified off St Agnes (Scilly) on 2nd, while the only Manx Shearwaters P. p. puffinus reported were at Seaton Sluice (Nord...
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Recent reports

01 August 1970
Comments News and comment These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary covers July 1970 and, unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. Rarities were few, but they included a number of surprising records. Among these were a Black-browed ...
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News and Comments

01 August 1970
Comments News and comment Coastal conservation A national plan for developing stretches of Britain's coastline for recreational and holiday uses, while preserving others, was proposed in two reports published by the Countryside Commission on ist October. One of these reports, enti...
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