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Extralimital races of the Ring Ouzel in Britain

01 February 2015 Comments BOURC In 2012 BOURC undertook a review of three records of extralimital races of Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus in Britain. It concluded that the records were no longer acceptable and that the races alpestris and ... Read More

Notes

01 February 2011 Comments Notes One of the most likely forms of avian play involves a bird carrying an object into the air to repeatedly drop and catch it in flight. With some variations, drop-catch behaviour has been observed in raptors, gulls, corvids and possibly hirundines (Ficken 1... Read More

Looking back

01 February 2000 Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `Migration of the Ring Ouzel (Cinclus aquaticus) [Turdus torquatus].- The number of ring ouzels passing southward this autumn has been astonishing. Large flocks were seen continually on the downs [at Lewes, East Sussex]... Read More

Notes

01 September 1973 Comments Notes Unusual hunting behaviour of Sparrowhawks During February 1972, at Benacre, Suffolk, I spent several hours observing a pair of Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus hunting over a particular field which had been left to seed. This field was the feeding ... Read More