Reviews

01 February 1988 Comments Reviews T h i s book is a guide to the birds and their habitats of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex a n d C a m b r i d g e s h i r e . P e t e r a n d M a r g a r e t Clarke have c o m b i n e d their own extensive knowledge, gained from a lifetime's bird...
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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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Reviews

01 December 1974 Comments Reviews The Seabirds of Britain and Ireland. By S. Cramp, W. R. P. Bourne and D. Saunders. Collins, London, 1974. 287 pages; four colour and eight black-and-white plates; 32 maps, linedrawings. £3.50. This long-awaited book gives an excellent survey o...
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Notes

01 December 1974 Comments Notes Hen Harriers' hunting behaviour in south-west Scotland Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus are generally regarded as solitary hunters. For example, J. J. and F. C. Craighead (1956, Hawks, Owls and Wildlife) found that in winter Marsh Hawks C. c. hudsonius had ...
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