Monthly marathon

01 April 2000
Comments Other February's mystery bird (plate 71, repeated here as plate 116) is clearly a medium-sized leaf-warbler Phylloscopus. There are no obvious wing-bars or tertial tips, and apparently no central crown stripe, so we can immediately rule out a number of speci...
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Notes

01 May 1930
Comments Notes A ROOK (Corvus f. frugilegus) is at the present time (April 1930) sitting on her nest, which is built on the top of an open, round, disused, chimney-pot on a house at Cheadle, Staffordshire. The cock bird is standing by on the top of an adjoining chimney...
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Notes

01 March 1929
Comments Notes SALTER reports a pair of Lesser Whitethroats (Sylvia c. curruca) at Aberystwyth from May 6th, 1928, onwards. The male was heard singing till July 2nd. This is a new record for the district, as the species is decidedly rare on the western seaboard of Wale...
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