Notes

01 March 2000 Comments Notes At 08.51 GMT on 19th October 1995, near Keyhaven, Hampshire, I noticed a Great Skua Catharacta skua in fierce pursuit of a Little Egret Egretta garzetta about 1 km away over nearby saltmarsh. The egret was soon seized by the left wing and tumbled into ...
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01 April 1990 Comments Notes Attempted piracy by Black-headed Gull on Rednecked Grebe Peter Boardman's account of a Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus harassing a Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristalus (Brit. Birds 80: 114-115) recalled the following. On 26th January 1987, on a...
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01 January 1971 Comments Notes Male Pheasant accompanying female and brood On 8th June 1970, on the Airthrey Estate (University of Stirling), I came upon a pair of Pheasants Phasianus colchicus with small young. As I approached, the chicks hid, while the cock ran directy towards me fro...
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