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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Mr. Allen,
Re Letters to the Editor, Bulletin No. 20
from Mr. G. Weedon.
I too have Magpies at the bottom of the
garden who congregated in February. This
year nine held a meeting for one day then
left.
One pair stayed to rear their young in
the same tree which has been used for thirteen
years to my knowledge. I hope to obtain the
date of further assemblies should they take
place.
Another unusual event, witnessed in July,
Common Seagulls were hovering over the garden,
one dived like a hawk into the cabbage patch
carrying off a live mouse in its beak. I
know Seagulls take scraps from open areas but
have never seen them take from thick foliage.
F. G. HARVEY
42 Brock Hill
Wickford