Notes

01 May 1967
Comments Notes Winter breeding of Shags.--On 19th February 1966, on an islet off Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, I found eight nests occupied by Shags Pbalacrocorax aristotelis and could see eggs in two of the lower ones. By 27th February heavy seas had washed away all exce...
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Notes

01 April 1958
Comments Notes Fish-hook in Heron's pellet.--In March 1956 Tom Schutte brought me the pellet of a Heron (Ardea cinerea) that he had found on the 4th of that month, by the River Beane at Waterford, Hertfordshire. It was composed almost entirely of fur (? W a t e r Vole, ...
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