Monthly marathon

01 October 1986
Comments Other Skylark Alauda arvensis (68%) Woodlark Lullula arborea (18%) Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens (5%) Oriental Skylark A. gulgula (4%) Thekla Lark Galerida theklae (3%) Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus (1%) There were also a small number o...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 October 1986
Comments Other 'EXTERMINATION OF THE SEA-EAGLE IN IRELAND. In the Zoologist 1911 (p. 346), Mr. R. Warren records the disappearance of the Sea-Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from their last breeding haunts in Ireland, on the cliffs of north Mayo. They have been destroy...
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