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01 November 2004 Comments Notes In 1999, I kept watch on the single pair of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus which nested on Lacock Gravel-pits, Wiltshire. The grebes were present at the site from early February, with eggs incubated during March and three young hatched in early A...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2003

01 November 2004 Comments Main paper This is the forty-sixth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it provides details of accepted records of rare birds in Britain in 2003, with some additional, outstanding records from earlier years. On average, we process about 1,000 re...

Simultaneous Watch for migrant Swifts, May 11th, 1947

01 May 1948 Comments Main paper IN the spring of 1947 the British Trust for Ornithology invited as many as possible of its members and others interested to undertake a simultaneous watch of the movements of Swifts (Apus a. apus) on a pre-selected day--May n t h , 1947.Five similar watch...

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01 May 1948 Comments Notes ON December 18th, 1946, I saw a Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocaiactes subsp.?) about two miles west of Turners Hill, Sussex. It flew across the road and settled in a tree about 35 yards away in full view. I was able to watch the bird for about three minute...

The index of Heron population, 1947

01 May 1948 Comments Main paper THE number of heronries on which reports for 1947 were received at the Edward Grey Institute was 158, or 13 less than in the previous year. Of these 122 were in England, 6 in Wales, 11 in Scotland and 19 in Ireland. We are indebted to 63 informants, of wh...

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Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2003

Simultaneous Watch for migrant Swifts, May 11th, 1947

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The index of Heron population, 1947

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