Welsh Journals

Pembs. One at St. Ishmaels on 2 June and 2 on the 6th. T.A.W.D. Nightjar. Caems. One at Mynydd Rhiw during June. The Misses KEATING. One in June on a hillside by the Glaslyn Estuary. D. L. A. BAILEY. Mer. Several breeding in the Machynlleth area. R. C. PRATT. Cards. 2 pairs breeding on Foel Fawr, Eglwysfach. W.M.C. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Mer. Several pairs bred successfully in the Penmaenpool area. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. PERRY. A pair on 13 July near Machynlleth. R.C.P. Blackcap. Cards. One on 20 April at Abermagwr was first noted in 51 years residence there. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. MILES. Tree Pipit. Pembs. Feeding young, Orielton, July. A farthest west breeding record for Wales. R.M.L. Greenfinch. Mer. Particularly numerous in Machynlleth- Corris area this summer. R.C.P. Goldfinch. Cards. More frequent this year than usual about Trawscoed. P.M.M. Redpoll. Mer. Breeding plentifully in forestry plantations above Machynlleth. R.C.P. Bullfinch. Cards. Much more numerous than in past years at Trawscoed. One pair completely stripped the buds off the upper part of a plum-tree in April. P.M.M. Crossbill. Mer. A male near Machynlleth on 17 and 19 July in tall larches. R.C.P. Reed Bunting. Cards. One singing in marram-grass in sand dunes at Ynyslas throughout June, an unusual site. W.M.C. and G.C.L. Pembs. A pair on Skomer on 12 June but not seen on 29th. This species is not included in the list of birds in Island of Skomer (1950). BUZZARDS IN NORTH BRECONSHIRE 1955. Buzzards virtually did not breed in this part of Brecon- shire. I found only one nest containing an egg-a site on a rock in high moorland this nest had in previous years contained 3 eggs. I know of one pair of buzzards which have built in trees in the same valley for the last 10 years. The female is particularly pug- nacious. If one approaches the nest when it contains eggs, or particularly young, she will swoop down from behind, exactly like a Great Skua, and pass with a startling rush just over one's head. These attacks are repeated from behind as long as one is in the vicinity of the nest. She flies low enough to knock off one's cap, and she actually hit one bird photographer's head with her claws and drew blood.