Notes

01 February 1991
Comments Notes Night Herons and Little Egrets preying on fish while flying. In the late afternoon of 13th June 1987, during a visit to the northern shore of Manyas Gölu, northwest Turkey, Per-Anders Bertilsson, Rolf Simonsson and I observed large numbers of herons c...
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Notes

01 November 1974
Comments Notes Kestrel taking prey from Short-eared Owl On 20th January 1974, Mrs M. Perkins and I watched a Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus hunting in the usual manner over rough grass on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. It dropped into the grass, rose with a small...
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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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