Notes

01 March 2002 Comments Notes Is there a dark morph of the North African race of Long-legged Buzzard? Dificulties in determining the age of Arctic Terns in the field Sparrowhawk extracting Gret Tit from feeding cage Hunting method of Merlins in the breeding ...
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01 January 1969 Comments Notes Mute Swans sunbathing On 22nd August 1968, on the Lancashire side of Windermere, I saw a family of five Mute Swans Cygnus olor on a gravel bank. They were quite tame and did not move off when I sat down ten yards away. The sun then came out and they start...
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01 January 1969 Comments Notes Manx Shearwaters following ships In September 1968, during a voyage from Piraeus to Poros in Greece, I saw that some birds were following another vessel travelling in the opposite direction. As the two ships passed, these transferred to our steamer and I ...
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