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Tail piece: Where the Goshawks go

01 March 2018 Comments Editorials ... Read More

Goshawk breeding habitat in lowland Britain

01 February 1989 Comments Main paper Despite the fascination that it holds for birdwatchers, the Goshawk Accipiter gentilis in the wild remains a rarely sighted and understudied species in Britain. Following persecution in the nineteenth century, it was lost as a regular breeding spe... Read More

The Goshawk in Britain

01 June 1982 Comments Main paper As a result of deforestation and persecution, the Goshawk Accipiter gentilis was more or less exterminated in Britain by the late 19th century, with only sporadic breeding thereafter (Hollom 1957, Newton 1972). From the late 1960s, however, the situati... Read More

Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper cristatd) here, but they show the salient features very well. The species gets its name from the long upstanding crest which arises from the middle of its crown and which is conspicuous even when depressed. Many other larks have crests and inexperienced o... Read More