Notes

01 January 1966
Comments Notes Heron swallowing female Blackbird.--In early September 1965 a late brood of three young Herons Ardea cinerea seemingly feil from their nest in the grounds of Viewfield House, near Portree, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. They appeared on the lawn where Col...
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Notes

01 April 1958
Comments Notes Fish-hook in Heron's pellet.--In March 1956 Tom Schutte brought me the pellet of a Heron (Ardea cinerea) that he had found on the 4th of that month, by the River Beane at Waterford, Hertfordshire. It was composed almost entirely of fur (? W a t e r Vole, ...
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