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Potential polyandry and incest among Hen Harriers in Bowland

01 April 2021 Comments Notes The Forest of Bowland, in Lancashire, has been one of the key areas in England for breeding Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus over the past 50 years and, when designated as a Special Protection Area in 1993, supported 12 breeding pairs. In the 1980s, ... Read More

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01 February 1991 Comments Notes Night Herons and Little Egrets preying on fish while flying. In the late afternoon of 13th June 1987, during a visit to the northern shore of Manyas Gölu, northwest Turkey, Per-Anders Bertilsson, Rolf Simonsson and I observed large numbers of herons c... Read More

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01 July 1982 Comments Notes Great White Egrets with red legs and black bills On 25th October 1981, J. Mikuska, A. Dijksen, J. Kuypers and I observed a flock of 110 Great White Egrets Egretta alba on a fishpond near the Kopacki-Rit in Yugoslavia. Among these herons, J M di... Read More

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01 December 1971 Comments Notes Interaction of Short-eared Owl, Kestrel and H e n Harrier over pipit prey I read with interest the note by T. M. Clegg and D. S. Henderson (Brit. Birds, 64: 317-318) on a Kestrel Falco tinnunculus taking prey from a Short-eared Owl Asia flammeus. At 09.40... Read More