Notes

01 May 1969 Comments Notes Woodpigeons cooing at night J. N . Tomlinson's note and the accompanying editorial comment (Brit. Birds, 62: 76-77) give the impression that it is exceptional for Woodpigeons Columba palumbus to call at night. In the past 28 years, however, living in thre...
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The nesting of a pair of Blue Tits

01 May 1952 Comments Main paper 1951 we were able to study a pair of Blue Tits (Parus aeruleus) nesting in a garden at Wilnecote, north Warwickshire, and the following are some of the more outstanding observations. Both birds had been trapped and colour-ringed in the winter. They were t...
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Notes

01 March 1946 Comments Notes O N March ijth, 1945, I was in a convoy moving slowly south through the'Irish Sea. The day was brilliantly fine, the sea quite calm. In the morning the Welsh Hills were visible, but otherwise we saw neither coast. There was no fog, however. There was a v...
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