Seventy-five years ago

01 September 2006 Comments Other EARLY NESTING OF RED-BACKED SHRIKE IN KENT. I OBSERVE that in [Brit. Birds] Vol. 20, p. 150, May 11th is mentioned as the earliest recorded date for a complete clutch of the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius c. collurio). It is therefore of interest that I per...
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Notes

01 June 1943 Comments Notes As The Handbook of British Birds states that the Wood-Lark (Lullula a. arborea) does not apparently now nest in Essex, it is perhaps worth recording that on April n t h , 1943 I found a nest of this species on a piece of rough ground a few miles south of...
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