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01 February 1989 Comments Notes Early wing moult of Eiders. During hard weather in January 1985, there was an influx of Eiders Somateria mollissima into the eastern River Swale, Kent, up to about 150 remaining throughout the spring and summer. O n 4th M a y 1985, C. E. Wheeler a...

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...

Letters

01 June 1958 Comments Letters S I R S , -- U n d e r the above title (anlea, vol. L, p p . 432-434), R. Hewson has usefully drawn attention to the aerobatics-- familiar in individuals--that are sometimes performed by flocks of Ravens (Corvus corax) and has discussed questions suggeste...

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: LXXXIX. Goshawk

01 June 1958 Comments Main paper T H E GOSHAWK (Accipiter gentilis) is of special interest as one of the very few birds of prey which occur on both sides of the Atlantic. It belongs t o an extensive group of species of " g o s h a w k s " (formerly placed in a separate genus Astur, b u t...

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Goshawk breeding habitat in lowland Britain

Letters

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: LXXXIX. Goshawk

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