Notes

01 March 1989 Comments Notes Little Grebe apparently imprinted upon female Mallard On 16th, 17th and 19th September 1986, at Marshside lagoons, Southport, Lancashire, I watched a juvenile Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis constantly accompanying a female Mallard Anas platyrhynchos....
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Letters

01 March 1958 Comments Letters I N F O R M A T I O N W A N T E D ON L A P W I N G C H I C K S S I R S , -- F r o m observations made over a number of years on the growth and development of young Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), it would appear that early hatching chicks develop more rapid...
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Notes

01 October 1947 Comments Notes ON June 22nd, 1947, in a wood just outside Calais, I had a good view of a male Golden Oriole (Oriolus 0. oriolus), sitting in sunlight on a bare twig of a lombardy poplar, about 30 feet from the ground. It called continuously for about eight minutes. The...
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