Monthly Marathon

01 January 1996 Comments Other The answers sent in for the first three hurdles can now be revealed. September's dozing wader (Brit. Birds 88: plate 126) was named as White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (36%), Western Sandpiper C. mauri (24%), Little Stint C. minuta (23%), Se...
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Looking Back

01 January 1996 Comments Other Twenty-five years ago, January 1971 was generally mild after the first week. Numbers of Tundra (Bewick's) Swans Cygnus columbianus topped the 1,000 mark for the first time on the Ouse Washes, About 60 Glaucous Gulls Larus hyperboreus, but barely a doze...
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Monthly marathon

01 January 1994 Comments Other In this competition, you could win a SUNBIRD birdwatching holiday of your choice, in America, Africa or Asia. Just identify the bird each month and add up your scores when you are correct. The first person to reach a total of 500 will win. (Please read...
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Twenty-five years ago

01 January 1994 Comments Other 'Twenty-five years ago... When the British Trust for Ornithology was founded 37 years ago, one of its main aims was the encouragement of co-operative research by amateur ornithologists. This far-sighted move was made at a time when amateurs were f...
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