Notes

01 November 1973
Comments Notes Unusual behaviour of Black-necked Grebe From 6th to 15th October 1969, I daily observed a Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis in the harbour of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. When undisturbed by passing boats, it frequently dived and fed insid...
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Notes

01 April 1955
Comments Notes in The Handbook to the behaviour of flocks of Coot (Fulica atra) when attacked by birds of prey. On n t h January 1953, at Cannock Reservoir, Staffordshire, I witnessed the same behaviour when a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) dived over a scattered flock...
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