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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Monthly marathon

01 October 1989 Comments Other The bird in plate 236 was named by competitors as: Green-backed Butorides striatus (85%) Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis (7%) Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (4%) Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca (3%). The majority got it right; the superb photograph of a ...
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Seventy-five years ago...

01 October 1989 Comments Other 'INCREASE AND DECREASE IN SUMMER RESIDENTS. REPORT ON THE 1913 INQUIRY. RED-BACKED SHRIKE . . . there can be no reasonable doubt that it is decreasing . . . THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER . . . appears to be holding its own almost everywhere . . . THE ...
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