Notes

01 May 1978 Comments Notes Mutual cartwheeling by Sparrowhawks  At 08.25 G M T on 6th J u n e 1976, at Rostherne Mere, Cheshire, I observed a pair of Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus soaring over a wood, the male (identified by his much smaller size) above the female. T...
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01 April 1955 Comments Notes in The Handbook to the behaviour of flocks of Coot (Fulica atra) when attacked by birds of prey. On n t h January 1953, at Cannock Reservoir, Staffordshire, I witnessed the same behaviour when a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) dived over a scattered flock...
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01 June 1953 Comments Notes White-billed Diver in Yorkshire.--A White-billed Diver (Colymbus adamsii) was picked up in an exhausted condition near the mouth of Hedon Haven, Paull, E. Yorkshire, On February 18th, 1953. It was found by Messrs. Bunting- and Stathers of Paull and died ...
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