Notes

01 February 1981
Comments Notes Peregrine feeding Herring Gull chick to young On 24th May 1978, on the north Cornish coast, I was watching the eyrie of a pair of Peregrines Falco peregrinus. The falcon was brooding a solitary chick about 18 days old and the tiercel was perche...
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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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