Notes

01 December 1984 Comments Notes Grey Heron parents attending grounded nestlings. In my monograph on the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (1954, The Heron), I stated of young blown from the treetops that 'If in crashing the bird breaks a leg or wing it will not survive long, but if uninjured ...
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A winter roost of Grey Herons

01 April 1973 Comments Main paper Gatherings of Grey Herons Ardea cinerea at traditional standing-grounds during the breeding season have been noted by several authors (Beetham 1910, Huxley 1924, Lowe 1954, Milstein et al. 1970), and the behaviour of the birds at these standing-grounds...
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