Monthly marathon

01 May 1993
Comments Other The winner of the fifth 'Monthly marathon' is Hannu Jännes, who was the only contestant to achieve the 21-in-a-row all-correct sequence shown opposite. Congratulations to Hannu, who can now choose as his reward a SUNBIRD birdwatching holiday in Asia, ...
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Twenty-five years ago...

01 May 1993
Comments Other 'A British Trust for Ornithology scheme to map the distributions of British and Irish breeding birds is outlined in the latest issue of B.T.O. News. The intrinsic interest and long-term values of such an ornithological atlas are obvious; what would we ...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 February 1985
Comments Other 'A Bittern (Bolaurus stellaris) was put up by my son on the Crumbles, Eastbourne, on December 21st, 1909. Though he had his gun with him he wisely forebore to shoot the bird, which I hope is still at large. H. P. MOLINEUX.' {Brit. Birds 3: 308, Februar...
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