Notes

01 February 1988
Comments Notes Occurrence of 'Russian' Bean Geese in Lancashire/Merseyside The small flocks of Bean Geese Anser fabalis which winter in Britain consist of individuals of the long-billed nominate race A. f. fabalis, known as the 'Western' Bean Goose (Ogilvie 1978). Strag...
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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 ...
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Notes

01 May 1969
Comments Notes Woodpigeons cooing at night J. N . Tomlinson's note and the accompanying editorial comment (Brit. Birds, 62: 76-77) give the impression that it is exceptional for Woodpigeons Columba palumbus to call at night. In the past 28 years, however, living in thre...
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Notes

01 October 1953
Comments Notes The winter food and ecological distribution of Greenland Whitefronted Geese in Britain.--It has long been evident that the natural habitat and the distribution of the typical race of the White-fronted Goose (Anser a. albifrons) and of the Greenland form ...
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