Atkinson, N. K, Rogers, A. E. F, Kins, N. E, Pilkington, A, Holyoak, D, Stacey, J. V, Gervis, G. R, Paull, D. E, Carr, D, Harrison, J. G, King, B, Rogers, A. E. F, Gervis, G. R, Paull, D. E, Carr, D, King, B & Harrison, J. G / January 1967 – vol. 60, issue 1–⁠57

Heron apparently fishing i n deep water.--The observations below were made by us independently on two separate days, but, because the behaviour was so similar on each occasion as to suggest that it might be the not infrequent habit of one individual, the two records are described together. O n 12th and 15 th July 1966, at one of the gravel pits near Chichester, Sussex, a Heron Ardea cinerea was se...

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