Notes

01 October 2006
Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Notes

01 December 2003
Comments Notes For the past ten years, I have studied the behaviour of Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris which in autumn roost in vast numbers in the reedbeds of S'Abulfera Parc Natural, Mallorca. Each evening, the starlings fly into the Parc from many directions in ...
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Notes

01 December 2001
Comments Notes Lame Herring Gull given foraging assistance by presumed mate; European Nightjar using swimming poole; European Bee-eater possibly taking small bird; Wren fotaging in the canopy in autumn; Desnity-dependent winter song of...
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01 January 1988
Comments Notes W o o d p i g e o n s n e s t i n g o n sea cliffs and i n s i d e buildings Woodpigeons Columba palumbus usually nest on trees, in bushes, hedges, thickets or among creepers, and occasionally on the ground or on ledges of buildings (BWP vol. 4 ) . An exc...
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01 October 1979
Comments Notes Underwing-feeding by Night Heron Canopy feeding by the Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca is well known, and recently has been recorded by M. D. England for Black Storks Ciconia nigra in Portugal (Brit. Birds 67: 236237). J. F. Reynolds (Brit. Birds...
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