Sunning in sub-Saharan Africa

01 April 2021 Comments Notes On 13th March 2020, CRB and JO observed a White Wagtail Motacilla alba sunning at Tanji Beach, The Gambia. At 11.55 GMT, a brightly marked White Wagtail landed on a sandy beach, walked towards the debris line without feeding and abruptly lay on ...
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01 November 1977 Comments Notes Kestrels hunting long-eared bats On thq evening of 5th August 1975, in calm, hot, sultry weather with good visibility, I watched two Kestrels Falco tinnunculus hunting bats around the cliffs of Middle Head and Kay Nest, Bilsdale Midcable, ...
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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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01 December 1947 Comments Notes I AM indebted to the Rev. L. G. M. Sheldon, of Crowborough, Sussex, who is an experienced ornithologist and at whose vicarage these notes were made, for providing me with the following facts. In mid-April of this year, 1947, a cock Pied Wagtail (Motacill...
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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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01 September 1940 Comments Notes EARLY in May, 1940, a pair of Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) were seen about a garden near Woking and on the n t h both male and female were watched feeding a recently fledged brood, which was later found to number five young. On the 13th the male bro...
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01 August 1937 Comments Notes "--As many ornithologists are already aware a new edition of A Practical Handbook of British Birds has been for some time in preparation. We should be very grateful to any of our readers who would now send us notes of any omissions or errors in the origin...
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