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01 December 1988 Comments Notes Fulmar attempting to take young Raven from nest. On 29th April 1985, while walking along the cliffs at Yesnaby, Mainland, Orkney, I approached a traditional nest site of a Raven Corvus corax. From about 150 m, I looked through binoculars at the nest, w...
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01 July 1985 Comments Notes Petrels eating contraceptives, polythene and plastic beads. As part of a more detailed study on the food and feeding ecology of the Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, regurgitations from adults and chicks from colonies on the Firths of Forth and Clyd...
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01 September 1983 Comments Notes Hen Harrier with rufous-orange underparts A large harrier Circus with rich rufous-orange underparts was present on Fair Isle, Shetland, from 25th August to 8th October 1982. It was a large, heavy ring-tail, whose silhouette at times recalled Ma...
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