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Report from Bird Observatories, 1952

01 December 1953 Comments Main paper ONCE again we are glad to include a series of reports from the Bird Observatories. During 1952, one new Observatory--at Dungeness in Kent--was opened, thus bringing to eleven the total engaged in this kind of work, a total that has been further increased ...

Notes

01 December 1953 Comments Notes Cley, Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. H. P . Medhurst and R.A.R. saw a very small tawny heron, little larger than a Moorhen (Gcdlinula chloropus), and with dark primaries and secondaries, rise out of a narrow belt of reeds beside the bank and fly lightly for a few ...

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01 August 1952 Comments Notes Rogers informs us that on April i s t , 1950, he watched a Starling {Sturnus vulgaris) attacking a Chrysanthemum. Leaves were torn off, pecked into shreds and left on the ground, b u t were later carried off with other nesting material. Mr. R. G. Finnis r...

Letters

01 August 1952 Comments Letters SIRS,--The Ibis for April 1953 will include a group of papers on Visible Migration (particularly in passerine birds) as observed in various countries. The newly-formed Sub-committee on Visible Migration of the British Trust for Ornithology (see below) fee...

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Report from Bird Observatories, 1952

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