Notes

01 May 1982
Comments Notes Dark eye-patch of Fulmar M. Densley's paper on Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (Brit. Birds 72:23-28) drew attention to the structure and possible function of dark, bristle-like feathers surrounding the eyes of that species in winter plumage. A ...
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Notes

01 August 1954
Comments Notes Mr. Gord on Greeves found the nest of a large bird of prey on a sea-cliff in County Antrim. At first he thought it was the nest of a Buzzard (Buteo buteo) but the young seemed very large, as did one of the parents which appeared only in the distance. W h ...
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Notes

01 May 1942
Comments Notes walking along a ditch on an East Kent marsh, on April 5th, 1942, we came upon a Water-Pipit (Anthus s. spinoletta) and were able to get a view of the bird at about 10 yards range. We noticed the pale, almost unstreaked under-parts, and the greyish upper-...
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