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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Notes

01 December 1942
Comments Notes a short visit to Lundy in September, 1942, we identified a Lapland Bunting {Cakarius lapponicus) on the high barren area at the north end of the island on September ioth. The species has not previously been met with on Lundy, nor in the county of Devon. ...
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Notes

01 October 1942
Comments Notes ON May 25th, 1942, Mr. Arthur Whitaker discovered a typical nest of Lesser Redpoll (Carduelisf. cabaret) some five feet above the ground in a juniper bush in Inverness-shire. It was impossible that day to watch back the parents although the nest containe...
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