Notes

01 January 1965 Comments Notes Methods of distinguishing first-year and adult Shelducks in the field.--The separation of first-year and adult Shelducks Tadorna tadorna in the field has long been very conjectural and there is still a tendency to describe almost any spring or summer floc...
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01 January 1960 Comments Notes Wilson's Phalarope in Flintshire.--At 11.30 a.m. on 30th August 1959 I saw a phalarope on a small marsh pool in the upper reaches of the Dee estuary on the Flintshire side. It was at first wading deep in the water, but as it approached the edge of the poo...
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01 November 1955 Comments Notes Pheasant nesting 35 feet above ground in same tree as Sparrowhawk.--On 6th May 1963, in company with Adam Gains, we flushed a hen Pheasant (Phasianus cokbicus) from the old nest of a Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) which had been built the previous year abo...
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