With that wing-stretching wader (plate 43 in the March issue), the sixth 'Monthly marathon' has been won. It was identified as Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (48%), Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes (36%) and seven other wader species. It was a Wood Sandpiper (SCORE 52), photographed in Germany in August 1988 by Axel Halley. The leading contender--Paul Archer of 5 Cremore Drive, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ir
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