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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Notes

01 October 1971
Comments Notes Moorhen killing Jackdaw In view of A. Blackett's note (Brit. Birds, 63: 384), the following incident may be of interest. On 28th June 1964, at Corsham Lake, Wiltshire, I was watching a pair of Moorhens Gailitmla chbropus with five small chicks feeding by ...
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