Notes

01 September 1974 Comments Notes Great Spotted Woodpecker tapping on window paneAt 5.30 am on 10th June 1974 I was wakened by a loud tapping on the bedroom window of my house at Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire. After three or four taps I drew back the curtains and saw a Great Sp...
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Letters

01 February 1935 Comments Letters SIRS,--May I say something on this vexed subject ? I speak of those territorial species whose young depend upon insects for food. Three sets of facts seem connected :-- (i) T h a t in a cold and wet breeding season we find infertile eggs, chicks dead in t...
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