Notes

01 December 1995
Comments Notes On 14th June 1972, near Krisuvik, Reykjanes peninsula, southwest Iceland, I observed a huge gathering of an estimated 30,000 Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla on lava-flow terrain about 6 km inland from the breeding cliffs. Close examination revealed the maj...
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Short reviews

01 November 1990
Comments Reviews Rapaci In Volvo: Liguria: Archeologia Probabile. Birds of Prey in Flight: Liguria: a probable archaeology. By Luisella Carretta. (Pirella editore, Genova, 1988. 73 pages. Paperback ITL34,000) This dual-language book (Italian and English) presents the w...
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Notes

01 September 1983
Comments Notes Hen Harrier with rufous-orange underparts A large harrier Circus with rich rufous-orange underparts was present on Fair Isle, Shetland, from 25th August to 8th October 1982. It was a large, heavy ring-tail, whose silhouette at times recalled Ma...
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Notes

01 May 1959
Comments Notes a visit to North Rona, Scotland, on 3rd June 1958, I found a Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) incubating three eggs of the Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). T h e nest was that of the gull and was built among rocks on comparatively flat ground on the Fi...
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Notes

01 October 1947
Comments Notes ON June 22nd, 1947, in a wood just outside Calais, I had a good view of a male Golden Oriole (Oriolus 0. oriolus), sitting in sunlight on a bare twig of a lombardy poplar, about 30 feet from the ground. It called continuously for about eight minutes. The...
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