Monthly Marathon

01 April 1997
Comments Other December's scaly-plumaged bird was obviously a swift Apus, and most entrants (80%) identified it as a Common Swift A. apus; other suggestions were Pallid Swift A. pallidus (16%), Pacific Swift A. pacificus (3%) and White-rumped Swift A. caffer (1%). It...
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Looking Back

01 April 1997
Comments Other One hundred and fifty years ago: 'Occurrence of the Scops Eared Owl at the Scilly Islands.--I received yesterday [12th April 1847] from Mr. James, the steward of the lord-proprietor of the Scilly Islands, a very good specimen of the scops owl. It was r...
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Seventy-five years age

01 March 1992
Comments Other 'ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORFOLK FOR 1916. The great autumnal migration took place in the ordinary way, but few notes came to hand, there being no observers to make them. The influx of Redwings on October 17th was steady, numerous flocks, some of the...
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Monthly marathon

01 March 1992
Comments Other Although mostly submerged , that bird flopping in the water (Brit. Birds 84: plate 296) was very distinctive. Answers given were: Sabine's Gull Larus sabini (88%) Gannet Sula bassana (2%) Osprey Pandion haliaetus (1%) Great Black-backed Gull Larus...
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