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Blue and Great Tits feeding Great Spotted Woodpecker nestlings

01 December 2021 Comments Notes ...

Two Blue Tit nests in the same nestbox

01 April 2021 Comments Notes A nestbox of typical style and dimensions, situated on the wall outside the back door of my rural property in Co. Armagh, was occupied by Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus in spring 2020. Activity at the nestbox was high, with unusually frequent pro...

Hybrid Great Tit x Blue Tit

01 April 2021 Comments Notes On 2nd February 2019, CE was mist-netting at a garden feeder near Hexham, in Northumberland, at a site where he has trapped in excess of 20,000 Great Tits Parus major and Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus (approximate ratio 1:2) since 1985. A...

Interaction between Long-tailed Tits and Blue Tits at a nest site

01 January 2021 Comments Notes ...

Carrion Crows killing juvenile Black-headed Gull

01 April 2020 Comments Notes ...

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01 August 2016 Comments Notes Common Terns killing a long-staying predator;Common Crossbill with resin reposits on bill....

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01 July 2007 Comments Notes ...

Monthly marathon

01 May 2006 Comments Other ...

Request

01 March 2002 Comments Editorials A study of Common Crossbills Loxia curvirostra in Scotland, shortly to be published in Ibis, has shown that the birds have different call types, recognisable on sonograms of tape-recorded calls. This finding matches the results of work carried out in N...

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01 September 2001 Comments Notes It is well known that a staple component in the diet of European Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus is social wasps (Vespidae), in particular their pupae and larvae... ...