Notes

01 August 1970 Comments Notes Kestrel attempting to prey on Weasels On 27th October 1969, whilst driving along a narrow road near Peakirk, Northamptonshire, that was bordered on both sides by low hedges, I saw a female Kestrel Falco tinnunculus drop down on to the grass verge. It imme...
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Notes

01 May 1960 Comments Notes Broken e g g s i n nests of Sparrowhawk.--I can add two records to Dr. D . A. Ratcliffe's list (Brit. Birds, 53: 128-129) of broken eggs of Sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus), one of them showing that the phenomenon goes back some time. On 7th June 1927, near...
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