Monthly marathon

01 February 2000 Comments Other Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus, Northumberland, September 1993 he ninth stage of the competition featured two photographs of the same species (December's plates 283 & 284, repeated here as 69 & 70), in both of which it appears `headless'. Si...
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Looking back

01 February 2000 Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `Migration of the Ring Ouzel (Cinclus aquaticus) [Turdus torquatus].- The number of ring ouzels passing southward this autumn has been astonishing. Large flocks were seen continually on the downs [at Lewes, East Sussex]...
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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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