Green Heron in Cornwall in 1889

01 October 1972
Comments Main paper Until the early i95o's, leading British and Irish ornithologists were notoriously reluctant to admit the possibility of natural transatlantic crossings by landbirds. This was the attitude of Howard Saunders, one of the most influential ornithologists of t...
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Some notes on the Long-eared Owl

01 June 1941
Comments Main paper (Plate i.) does not appear to be a great deal of literature concerning the nocturnal habits of the Long-eared Owl (Asio o. otus), and, to a large extent, this can be understood as observations during the hours of darkness are difficult, and sometimes impo...
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