Notes

01 April 1955 Comments Notes in The Handbook to the behaviour of flocks of Coot (Fulica atra) when attacked by birds of prey. On n t h January 1953, at Cannock Reservoir, Staffordshire, I witnessed the same behaviour when a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) dived over a scattered flock...
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01 August 1943 Comments Notes As already briefly noted (antea Vol. xxxvi, p. 225) Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) were reported in various districts in unusual numbers in the late summer and autumn of 1942. In response to our request, observers have sent information, details of whi...
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01 November 1933 Comments Notes A PAIR of Starlings (Sturnus v. vulgaris) hatched their young in the roof of a dwelling-house adjoining my house at Cheddar, Somerset, on September 15th, 1933. This is the second brood in the same nest. The importance of this record seems to be that duri...
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