Notes

01 July 1980 Comments Notes Cormorant perching on electricity cable Various gulls (Laridae) and terns (Sternidae) have been noted perching on wire (Brit. Birds 72: 343-344) following the statement by W. G. Harvey (Brit. Birds 70: 545-546) that he could find no reference t...
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Notes

01 October 1974 Comments Notes Egg-laying by the Great Crested Grebe Although the behaviour of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus has been intensively studied, many questions are still open. One such question is how Great Crested Grebes lay their eggs, and whether they exhibit ...
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Notes

01 June 1954 Comments Notes female Scaup (Ay thy a tnarila) occurred at Cheddar reservoir, Somerset, on November 26th, 1952. The party had suddenly surfaced not more than twenty yards from the observer, and apparently becoming alarmed they quickly swam away, beginning as they did so...
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Letters

01 May 1930 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I witnessed here to-day (March 27th, 1930) another example of the stränge nuptial habits of the Hedge-Sparrow, first recorded in your pages b y m y friend, M. Delamain (antea, p. 19 ; see also pp. 103, 199, 231 and 255). On this occasion I...
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