Notes

01 July 1946
Comments Notes Ox February 22nd, 1946, I received word from David Reid that a pair of Ravens {Corvus c. corax) were building a nest in a small Ayrshire heronry. I visited the site two days later and the nest, which could be distinguished from the Herons' by the presenc...
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Notes

01 January 1935
Comments Notes I N connexion with Mr. Bertram Lloyd's note on this subject (antea, pp. 206-7), the following m a y be of interest:-- On October 17th, 1930, while watching duck on the Gosforth Park Bird Sanctuary lake, Northumberland, I noticed a couple of female Shovel...
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Notes

01 May 1932
Comments Notes IN the Practical Handbook of British Birds, Vol. I., p. 501, it is stated that " t h e British Dipper (Cinclus c, gularis) is very scarce in . . . Durham". This statement is certainly misleading, as the Dipper is plentifully distributed on the banks of a...
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