Notes

01 December 1984 Comments Notes Grey Heron parents attending grounded nestlings. In my monograph on the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (1954, The Heron), I stated of young blown from the treetops that 'If in crashing the bird breaks a leg or wing it will not survive long, but if uninjured ...
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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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01 January 1932 Comments Notes SOME Waxwings (Bombycilla ^arrulus) have reached Norfolk during the last few weeks. On November 3rd, 1931, one was picked up alive at Kelling, under telegraph wires, by the local police constable, but it died and was unfortunately taken by a cat. Some wi...
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01 August 1931 Comments Notes ON June 2nd, 1931, I was able to identify an Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) on Skokholm. As it was in an exhausted state I was able to examine it from within three yards, as it rested in a niche of my garden wall. The small, reddisri bill was unmis...
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