Monthly marathon

01 January 2015
Comments Other t would be unfair to penalise those competitors whose postcards have been delayed by the British postal strike, or those who were unable to send their entries at all because of blocked postboxes. We are, therefore, extending the deadline from 15th Septemb...
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Monthly Marathon

01 June 1997
Comments Other April's warbler (plate 33) was photographed in an exotic location (in Portugal, by Dr Kevin Carlson, in June 1990) and a few competitors gambled on Spectacled Sylvia conspicillata, Subalpine S. cantillans, Desert S. nana or Barred S. nisoria, but, by a...
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Monthly marathon

01 July 1996
Comments Other That rock-perching bird (plate 118) was named as Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta (68%), Rock Pipit A. petrosus (29%) and also Buff-bellied Pipit A. rubescens, Fieldfare Turdus pilaris, Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis and Cinereous Bunting Emberiz...
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Monthly marathon

01 April 1989
Comments Other As readers will have discovered, the January Sponsored by issue arrived lateā€”the result of a serious machine breakdown at the commercial company which packs and mails the issues of British Birds for us each month. We have, therefore, extended the 'Mo...
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