Notes

01 November 1956 Comments Notes of Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), each containing a clutch of four e g g s , were found at a gravel-pit in the Trent Valley in 1956; the first nest was discovered by A. Teather on 24th June, the second was confirmed by W . Priestley on 2nd July...
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Letters

01 December 1950 Comments Letters SIRS,---A note recently published in British Birds (antea, p. 89) commenting on the presence of Bewick's Swans a t Malltraeth, suggests t h a t the status of this species in Anglesey is t h a t of a n occasional visitor. These birds are, however, more reg...
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Notes

01 December 1950 Comments Notes " A N T I N G " OF CARRION CROW ON June 15th, 1949, at Strawberry Hill, Middlesex, 1 observed a Carrion Crow (Corvus corone), at a distance of twenty yards, behaving in a peculiar manner. It was squatting on the grass with its feathers widespread. At hal...
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