16 JULY 1948, Page 14

Sanctuary Successes

The saving or addition of a species of bird to the British list is alwayi welcome, and it is my expectation that the great extension of sanctuarid, especially in Norfolk, will eventually give us several more or less new breeding birds, avocet for example, and ruff and golden oriole and hoopoe and kite. The bittern has been completely and probably finally restored. Those rather rare hawks, the marsh and Montague's harriers, have once again successfully hatched broods in Norfolk. Even the bearded tit, almost annihilated by the great spring-time frost, has been restored against all expectation.