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01 April 1968 Comments Notes Food of Osprey in Kent.--Between 14th September and 18 th October 1967 I spent about 30 hours watching an Osprey Pandion haliaetus which stayed at a reservoir near Folkestone, Kent, for those five weeks. At first it caught small Perch Percafluviatilis ...

Wigeon X Chiloe Wigeon hybrid resembling American Wigeon

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper It has been established that some interspecific hybrids among ducks and geese (Anatidae) strongly resemble one parent or even another species altogether, thus causing problems in field-identification. An extreme case in Britain is the hybrid Pochard Ay...

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01 January 1943 Comments Notes THE Handbook of British Birds states that on the continent Magpies may roost in hundreds, but I have not heard of a roost of any magnitude in this country. On March 30th, 1942 near Northallerton the chattering of Magpies (Pica p. pica) drew my attention ...

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Wigeon X Chiloe Wigeon hybrid resembling American Wigeon

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