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01 June 2003 Comments Other `Black-headed Wagtail in East Lothian.--On July 2nd, 1952, at Aberlady Bay, East Lothian, we came across what proved to be a Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg). The bird was watched for nearly ten minutes on an area of grassy salti...

From the Rarities Committee's files: 'Black-headed Wagtail' in Essex in 1999 – a suspected feldegg intergrade

01 June 2003 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT A record of `Black-headed Wagtail' Motacilla flava feldegg at Maylandsea, Essex, in May-June 1999, is discussed.The presence of a thin supercilium, in front of and behind the eye, suggests that this individual was perhaps most likely ...

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01 April 1951 Comments Notes T H E following notes, made on a colony of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) in a Cambridge street during March, 1949, have been prompted by Mr. C. M. Ogilvie's article on this subject (antea, pp. 1-5). This rookery, comprising only five pairs, was a new one, pr...

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01 March 1948 Comments Notes ON July 19th, 1947, whilst cycling near Heytesbury, Wiltshire, I heard some Magpies (P. p. pica) chattering, as though alarmed, in a hawthorn not far from the road. I turned and was just in time to see a Carrion Crow (Corvus c. corone) strike a Magpie to...

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From the Rarities Committee's files: 'Black-headed Wagtail' in Essex in 1999 – a suspected feldegg intergrade

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