Notes

01 July 1977 Comments Notes Canada Goose cohabiting with breeding Mute Swans A pair of Mute Swans Cygnus olor have nested on Stanford Reservoir, Northamptonshire, since at least 1974. In 1976, while eggs were being incubated by the swans, a Canada Goose Branta canadensis ...
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Notes

01 September 1962 Comments Notes Shelduck moulting in breeding area.--On 9th July 1961, in an area of extensive fresh grazing marshes in north Kent, I noticed an adult male Shelduck (Tadorna tadornd) swimming along the edge of a large fleet. The knob on its bill had regressed, but it was...
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