Looking back

01 December 2000
Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `I am anxious...to say a few words in reprobation of that wanton and barbarous amusement of swallow shooting, which is followed by some sportsmen (?) during the summer months.The destruction of these useful and very int...
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Monthly marathon

01 December 2000
Comments Other It's a Ruff Philomachus pugnax, isn't it? October's Monthly Marathon picture (plate 300, repeated here as plate 363) is one that I expect many people will have recognised instantly without necessarily being able to put their finger on exactly ...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 July 1990
Comments Other 'CUCKOO' S METHOD OF DEPOSITING EGG. On May 19th, 1915,I visited an old friend of mine in Norfolk. He leads a very secluded life but is a keen observer of natural history and a man whose word one can trust implicitly. There are some ...
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