This monthly competition to win a SUNBIRD birdwatching holiday in Africa, Asia or North Africa goes from strength to strength, with more and more entries being submitted. The number of postcards naming the bird in plate 157 was an all-time record. Answers given were: Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris (77%) Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus (7%) Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (4

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