News and comment

01 November 2009
Comments News and comment It's arguably the most charismatic shorebird in the world. And it's on track to become the rarest. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus has declined by more than two-thirds in 20 years on its northeast Siberian breeding grounds, where as f...
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Monthly marathon

01 November 2009
Comments More than 20 years after `Monthly Marathon' made its debut in BB (Brit. Birds 79: 363–364), the two solutions presented here mark the end of the competition. Monthly Marathon proved a great success in its early days, attracting many competitors and, ...
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