Notes

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 July 1982 Comments Notes Great White Egrets with red legs and black bills On 25th October 1981, J. Mikuska, A. Dijksen, J. Kuypers and I observed a flock of 110 Great White Egrets Egretta alba on a fishpond near the Kopacki-Rit in Yugoslavia. Among these herons, J M di...
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01 May 1959 Comments Notes a visit to North Rona, Scotland, on 3rd June 1958, I found a Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) incubating three eggs of the Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). T h e nest was that of the gull and was built among rocks on comparatively flat ground on the Fi...
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