Recent Reports

01 May 2019 Comments Recent Reports Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Harry Hussey  This summary of unchecked reports covers early March to early April 2019.  Headlines It was a generally quiet period, ...
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Cannibalism in Herring Gulls

01 December 1971 Comments Main paper The Herring Gull Larus argentatus is a notorious killer during the breeding season. Young chicks are repeatedly struck on the head or often gripped by the neck and worried until dead (plate 85a). Usually, these chicks have trespassed into neighbouring ter...
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