Notes

01 September 1953 Comments Notes Nesting of Curlew on river shingle-beds.--Of late years Curlews (Numenius arquata) have been nesting in increasing numbers on inland pastures and meadows in Northumberland, whereas formerly they were birds of the moorlands, nesting on heather-clad hills ...
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Letters

01 November 1936 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I have read Mr. A. W . Boyd's " Report on t h e Swallow Enquiry, 1935 " {antea, pp. 98/116) with much interest. I n Dumfriesshire, there is a belief t h a t t h e presence of Swallows i n a cow-byre ensures good luck. I t is certainly curious...
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Notes

01 November 1936 Comments Notes ON September 5th, 1936, a Bunting was seen by several observers running about rapidly among heather clumps on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Although a sketch was made of the bird, which was very tame, no definite identification was arrived at. It was s...
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Notes

01 August 1931 Comments Notes ON June 2nd, 1931, I was able to identify an Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) on Skokholm. As it was in an exhausted state I was able to examine it from within three yards, as it rested in a niche of my garden wall. The small, reddisri bill was unmis...
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