Looking Back

01 October 1996 Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'THROUGH THE FOREST IN FINLAND . . . OWLS. We saw Owls flying on three occasions, but could not determine their species. Many are to be seen nailed to doors of houses, often too much spoiled for identification. We saw Syrnium alu...
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Monthly marathon

01 October 1996 Comments Other With the new relaxed rules (stumble and you now don't have to go back to the startline), the ninth 'Monthly marathon' has attracted ' many new entrants. The flying bird (plate 125) was named as almost everything from diver Gavia to Superman, via Fulmar...
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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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