Monthly marathon

01 October 1992 Comments Other It was a Greater Yellowlegs, photographed in Florida, USA, in April by Gordon Langsbury. Of the leading contestants, none fell at this hurdle. The eventual winner of this competition, which is turning into a real endurance test, will be able to choose ...
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Seventy-five years age

01 October 1992 Comments Other 'A SPOTTED REDSHANK IN NORFOLK. It may be of interest to record that on September 7th, 1917, I saw a Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) standing beside a dirty pond on the main road between Syderstone and Docking, practically in the village of Syders...
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Monthly marathon

01 February 1991 Comments Other The black-tailed passerine on the wires (plate 288 in the November 1990 issue) inspired a wide range of answers: Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti (54%) Blackstart Cercomela melanura (14%) Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca (12%), with fewer votes for Ye...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 February 1991 Comments Other "THERE is a polyglot Starling in this garden. Sometimes he rehearses a recitation from memory. At other times he improvises according to his fancy, and now and then he hits an unexpected nail on the head with remarkable success. Thus the other morning ...
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