The Sociable Lapwing in Europe

01 February 2011
Comments Main paper Abstract Records of the Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius in western and central Europe were analysed. Sightings in these areas reached 20-21 per year in 2003-05, the most recent years for which complete data were available, with records from France, Sp...
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Notes

01 October 1963
Comments Notes ON January 21st, 1914, I was shown a couple of very fine Pine-Grosbeaks (Pinicola e. enucleator) that had been, obtained the previous day at Brigbtling, Sussex. They were both males, and one was of a beautiful rosy colour and of a far more gaudy tint tha...
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01 September 1963
Comments Notes A YOUNG drake Gadwall {Anas strepera) was shot on J a n u a r y 14th, 1913, a t Stretton. I saw t w o K n o t s (Canutus canutus) on October 12th, 1913, a t Bellfields Reservoir. I watched t h e m for some time through powerful glasses, a n d when one fle...
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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...
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01 February 1952
Comments Notes vol. xliv, p . 202) of a record of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) apparently hiding pine cones has brought in several further notes on this subject. Lord David Stuart, on several occasions in October, 1943, saw Rooks burying pine cones in a grass field at Nova...
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01 May 1948
Comments Notes ON December 18th, 1946, I saw a Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocaiactes subsp.?) about two miles west of Turners Hill, Sussex. It flew across the road and settled in a tree about 35 yards away in full view. I was able to watch the bird for about three minute...
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