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Snipe and Redshank Nesting in Sussex

01 December 1963 Comments Main paper in Ms excellent work The Birds of Sussex, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, thus summarizes the status of the Common Snipe in the county as a breeding species : " The Snipe breeds sparingly in Sussex, b u t the nest has been found now and then ... Read More

Fair Isle bird observatory

01 February 1950 Comments Main paper Compiled by KENNETH WILLIAMSON (Director). The following notes have been selected from the Fair Isle Bird Observatory " Notes on Species " record-book as much for their importance in amplifying the information contained in The Handbook of British Birds a... Read More

Reviews

01 February 1950 Comments Reviews Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. Committee for Ornithology Reports for 1947 and 1948. Edited by Ralph Chislett. (Reprinted from The Naturalist, 1948, pp. 51-74, and 1949, 51-75.) T H E S E reports as usual contain much valuable material. Up to four Gannets w... Read More

Scenes at an artificial drinking pool

01 February 1950 Comments Main paper (53) SCENES AT AN ARTIFICIAL DRINKING POOL. Photographed by ERIC HOSKING. (Plates 10--16). The scenes illustrated in plates 10-16 were taken at an artificial drinking pool in Suffolk during the summer of 1949, mostly in June. Mr. Hosking writes that " pos... Read More