Notes

01 November 1976
Comments Notes Trembling movements of House Martin when nest-building On 6th June 1975, near South Gorley, Hampshire, I watched at close range with binoculars a House Martin Delichon urbica building its nest, which was in the early stages of construction. The...
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Notes

01 February 1962
Comments Notes British-ringed Manx Shearwater recovered in Australia,--The Bird Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology has received a letter dated 22nd November 1961, which reports that the feathers and bones of a sea-bird "black or dark on top with whit...
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Notes

01 September 1959
Comments Notes with Mackerel shoals.--During- the months of July, August and September, Mackerel (Scomber scomber) habitually enter the Village Bay of Hirta, St, Kilda, in the late afternoon and evening. These shoals are often pursued by Grey Seals (Halichoerus gryphus)...
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