Seventy-five years ago

01 January 1991 Comments Other 'Unlike most species of duck, Sheld-drakes are not clumsy on land. They assembled on their leking-ground about 11 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. Some bathed and then sat apart preening themselves. Others began to play at once . . . When close together, the wings...
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Monthly marathon

01 January 1991 Comments Other Yes, we admit it, plate 237 in the October 1990 issue was an absolute stinker. It was named by entrants as: (43%) Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator (19%) Black-necked Grebe P. nigricollis (12%) (10%) Shag Phalac...
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Seventy-Five Years Ago

01 July 1984 Comments Other 'We are very glad to be able to state that the scheme for marking birds with aluminium rings, outlined in our last number, has been well taken up, and we take this opportunity of thanking those of our readers who are helping by putting on the rings and...
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