Notes

01 September 1953 Comments Notes Nesting of Curlew on river shingle-beds.--Of late years Curlews (Numenius arquata) have been nesting in increasing numbers on inland pastures and meadows in Northumberland, whereas formerly they were birds of the moorlands, nesting on heather-clad hills ...
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01 May 1943 Comments Notes 1942 I had excellent opportunities of observing the birds which frequent the southern shores of Ayr Bay, between the mouth of the river Doon and the Heads of Ayr. As a result I have been able to add three new birds to the Ayrshire list, and I include one...
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Notes

01 February 1941 Comments Notes THESE notes cover the periods between May and September, 1939, and May to July, 1940, and are in continuation of those published in Vol. XXXII, pp. 366-8. BRITISH GOLDFINCH (Carduelisc. britannica).--It is pleasing to be able to record the continued incr...
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