Monthly marathon

01 August 1996
Comments Other The eighth 'Marathon' has been won, and the ninth 'Marathon' has now started. The rules have now been relaxed (see Brit. Birds 39: 333). The passerine in plate 90 was named by competitors as Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (50%), Wood Warbler P. ...
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Looking Back

01 August 1996
Comments Other Fifty years ago: 'On 3rd August 1946, D. E. Sergeant and R. A. Hinde noticed an unfamiliar warbler in a sallow bush on the edge of a large reed-bed. Only a few short views of the bird were obtained, but it was seen to have a very dark crown and a very ...
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