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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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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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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01 November 1977 Comments Notes Kestrels hunting long-eared bats On thq evening of 5th August 1975, in calm, hot, sultry weather with good visibility, I watched two Kestrels Falco tinnunculus hunting bats around the cliffs of Middle Head and Kay Nest, Bilsdale Midcable, ...
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01 December 1971 Comments Notes Interaction of Short-eared Owl, Kestrel and H e n Harrier over pipit prey I read with interest the note by T. M. Clegg and D. S. Henderson (Brit. Birds, 64: 317-318) on a Kestrel Falco tinnunculus taking prey from a Short-eared Owl Asia flammeus. At 09.40...
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01 February 1966 Comments Notes Swifts roosting o n poles.---At dusk on 4th September 1965, near the field station on Walney Island, Lancashire, J. Wilson, B. Sutton and I saw a Swift Apus apus repeatedly fly at a telegraph pole and then even tually land on it. It apparently settled the...
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