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01 April 1962 Comments Notes Little Grebes attacking Moorhens.--With regard to the recent note by J. B. and S, Bottomley on Little Grebes {Podiceps ruficollis) attacking Coots (Fulica atra) and domestic ducks {Anas sp.) {Brit. Birds, 54: 427), it seems worth reporting that I saw seve...

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01 September 1959 Comments Notes Petrels (Oceanodroma leucorrhoa) have been known to breed on the Flannan Isles, some 20 miles west of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, since 1904 ( W . Eagle Clarke, Annals Scot. Nat. Hist., 1905, pp. 8-19 and 80-86). However, apart from the discovery of colo...

The passage of Black Terns Through Britain in Autumn 1954

01 July 1955 Comments Main paper (Fair Isle Bird Observatory) T H E unusual passage of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) through the British Isles during the spring of 1954 has been discussed by Dickens (1955)- This was followed by an equally abnormal passage during the autumn. There appear...

The spring migration of the Willow Warbler in 1952

01 June 1954 Comments Main paper T H E study of bird-migration in the British area has received a great impetus since the war through the establishment of a number of bird observatories at widely separated points, the manning of these stations by competent amateur watchers during migrati...

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The passage of Black Terns Through Britain in Autumn 1954

The spring migration of the Willow Warbler in 1952

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