Monthly marathon

01 April 1998
Comments Other The headless, seaweed-frequenting wheatear Oenanthe was named as Northern O. oenanthe (79%), Isabelline O. isabeUina (17%) and Desert O. deserti (4%). The majority choice was correct, this Northern Wheatear having been photographed in Scilly in October...
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Looking Back

01 April 1998
Comments Other Twenty-five years ago: 'INTRODUCTIONS AND ESCAPES' The current project to re-establish the Great Bustard Otis tarda as a breeding species in Britain has focused attention once again on the merits of these and other introductions, just as did the aborti...
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Monthly marathon

01 February 1989
Comments Other It was indeed a Long-legged Buzzard, photographed by Paul Doherty in Israel in December 1987. After four puzzle photographs in this third competition, 68 contestants are still in the running, with all four species identified correctly. Perhap...
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Seventy-five years ago...

01 February 1989
Comments Other 'INCURSION OF WAXWINGS. A LARGE number of Waxwings (Ampelis garrulus) appear to have visited Great Britain this winter . . . and Herr F. Tischler records an invasion of Waxwings in East Prussia in the autumn of 1913. Not only have Waxwings been numerou...
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