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Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2003 and 2004

01 June 2007 Comments Main paper ... Read More

Notes

01 June 2007 Comments Notes Slavonian Grebe breeding with Great Crested Grebe Puffin with exceptionally heavy tick infestation Eurasian Sparrowhawk attacking Soprano Pipistrelle bat Reed Warbler apparently using willow-bark pieces in nest construction ... Read More

Timing of bathing, dusting and sunning

01 February 1982 Comments Main paper This study developed from examination of variations between bird species in their bathing habits, fluctuating with season, time of day and weather. As work progressed, the incidence of dusting, and later of sunning, was included in an attempt to discov... Read More

Forster's Tern: new to Britain and Ireland

01 February 1982 Comments Main paper At about 12.00 GMT on 29th January 1980, I was surprised to notice a tern feeding well offshore in the bay at Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall. Its lean proportions and plunge-diving habits recalled a Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis, but after ... Read More