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01 November 1955 Comments Notes Pheasant nesting 35 feet above ground in same tree as Sparrowhawk.--On 6th May 1963, in company with Adam Gains, we flushed a hen Pheasant (Phasianus cokbicus) from the old nest of a Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) which had been built the previous year abo...

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01 December 1937 Comments Notes I FIRST noticed a Sky-Lark (Alauda a. arvensis) building amongst rough grass on the West Lancashire Golf Course on June 12th, 1937. The nest then consisted of a hollow in black earth with a partial rim and bottom lining of dry grass, Once when the hen wa...

Some activities of resident Blackbirds in winter

01 July 1937 Comments Main paper sings . . . with greater vigour from late November onwards . . . but with much greater vigour . . . after about the middle of January. The Blackbird... is rarely heard until February, and its best song is hardly heard till April or May. . . . It would se...

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Some activities of resident Blackbirds in winter

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