Looking back

01 May 2002 Comments Other GREAT GREY SHRIKE IN KENT IN SPRING. ON April 6th, 1927, my son, W. H. Hale, and I saw a Great Grey Shrike (Lanius e. excubitor) at Hothfield. It is well known that as an autumn and winter visitor this bird occurs almost every year in Kent, bu...
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Monthly marathon

01 March 2001 Comments Other Another gull (Laridae), obviously! My commiserations to the unfortunate participants in this competition who do not immediately jump up and down with excitement over the prospect of yet another gull challenge, assuming, that is, that there are some lef...
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Monthly marathon

01 December 1989 Comments Other The bird in plate 285 was named as: Skylark Alauda arvensis (72%) Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra (7%) Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens (6%) Bimaculated Lark M. bimaculata (5%) Short-toed Lark C. brachydactyla (4%) Woodlark Lullula arb...
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