Notes

01 November 1991 Comments Notes Herons alighting on sea. On 31st August 1985, from the Zuluf offshore oilfield in the Persian Gulf, N. J. S. Drummond and I observed a migrating flight of seven Purple Herons Ardea purpurea flying very low over the sea. One of them suddenly a...
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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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