Monthly marathon

01 December 1997 Comments Other The cause of the splash in plate 149 in the October issue will have to remain a mystery for a little longer, since our printers' deadline precedes the closing date for the fifteenth stage of this ninth 'Marathon'. We can, however, say that the bird has...
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Looking Back

01 December 1997 Comments Other One hundred years ago, Mr Stringer defends himself: 'Presumed Summer Appearance of Shore Lark in Devon.--With reference to Mr. C. Dixon's letter on this subject (p.471 [and Brit. Birds 90: 349]), I am anxious to state that I described exactly what I sa...
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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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Seventy-five years ago...

01 December 1989 Comments Other 'BIRDS MIGRATING NORTHWARDS IN OCTOBER. UNDER the above heading Mr. J. H. Gurney in the November number of British Birds (p. 143), records a large migration of birds taking place over the parishes of Northrepps, Overstrand, and Cromer in Norfolk, on th...
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