Notes

01 November 1983
Comments Notes Division of parental care by Mute Swans In May 1978, at Marazion marsh, Cornwall, a pair of Mute Swans Cygnus olor reared three cygnets. In the first four weeks the family remained intact, keeping near the nest site in pools. During this period...
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Notes

01 July 1968
Comments Notes Little Grebes choking to death on fish.--On ioth March 1968, at Brompton-on-Swale, near Catterick, Yorkshire, J. V. Anderson discovered a freshly dead bird on the river bank, with a fish jammed in its bill. I visited the spot with him the next day and fou...
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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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