Notes

01 September 2001
Comments Notes It is well known that a staple component in the diet of European Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus is social wasps (Vespidae), in particular their pupae and larvae... ...
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01 March 2000
Comments Notes At 08.51 GMT on 19th October 1995, near Keyhaven, Hampshire, I noticed a Great Skua Catharacta skua in fierce pursuit of a Little Egret Egretta garzetta about 1 km away over nearby saltmarsh. The egret was soon seized by the left wing and tumbled into ...
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01 December 1998
Comments Notes I agree with Rob Hume's editorial comment on Roderick Thome's account of a presumed melanistic Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus in Orkney (Brit. Birds 89: 570) that such melanism is rare among gulls. In ten years of active gull-watching, I have seen ...
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01 April 1990
Comments Notes Attempted piracy by Black-headed Gull on Rednecked Grebe Peter Boardman's account of a Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus harassing a Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristalus (Brit. Birds 80: 114-115) recalled the following. On 26th January 1987, on a...
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01 November 1989
Comments Notes Western Reef Heron eating Phylloscopus warblers. On 11th March 1984, in a well-watered hotel garden at Hurghada, Egypt, a solitary Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea was observed at close quarters. Suddenly, the heron darted forward and took...
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01 February 1988
Comments Notes Occurrence of 'Russian' Bean Geese in Lancashire/Merseyside The small flocks of Bean Geese Anser fabalis which winter in Britain consist of individuals of the long-billed nominate race A. f. fabalis, known as the 'Western' Bean Goose (Ogilvie 1978). Strag...
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01 November 1984
Comments Notes One Fulmar killing another At 10.34 GMT on 6th April 1982, at Linni Geo, Fair Isle, Shetland, I came across two Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis fighting in the sea at the base of a 30-m cliff. I was about 100m away, but had a clear view. Although I did...
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