Notes

01 November 1991 Comments Notes Herons alighting on sea. On 31st August 1985, from the Zuluf offshore oilfield in the Persian Gulf, N. J. S. Drummond and I observed a migrating flight of seven Purple Herons Ardea purpurea flying very low over the sea. One of them suddenly a...
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Notes

01 February 1983 Comments Notes Unusual feeding action of Great White Egret. On 8th August 1979, at Messingham sand quarries, south Humberside, D. Suddaby and I were watching a Great White Egret Egretta alba when it began to feed in a manner not mentioned in BWP. Standing knee-deep i...
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