Notes

01 February 1985 Comments Notes Green-backed Heron in Humberside. On 27th November 1982, together with other observers, including T. Bell and P. A. Bentley, we were searching for a Great White Egret Egretta alba that had been reported in the Thorngumbald area on the north side of the...
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01 May 1973 Comments Notes Little Grebe eating bread On 7th October 1972, in Dunham Park, Cheshire, I was watching three Little Grebes Tachybaptus ruficollis, two adults and a juvenile, feeding on a pond at the side of a public footpath. There were also about 20 tame Mal...
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01 December 1971 Comments Notes Interaction of Short-eared Owl, Kestrel and H e n Harrier over pipit prey I read with interest the note by T. M. Clegg and D. S. Henderson (Brit. Birds, 64: 317-318) on a Kestrel Falco tinnunculus taking prey from a Short-eared Owl Asia flammeus. At 09.40...
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