Looking back

01 April 2004
Comments Other `Semi-palmated Sandpiper in Norfolk.­­ On July 19th, 1953, an unusual wader was observed on Arnold's Marsh, Cley, Norfolk, by P. R. Clarke, who pointed it out to P. D. Kirky, and R. A. Richardson. It was subsequently watched for some hours at a f...
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Looking back

01 April 2004
Comments Other `TURTLE-DOVE BREEDING IN W. MERIONETH. S INCE publishing my Vert. Fauna N. Wales, I have obtained evidence that –­ as I then foretold –­ the Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia t. turtur) is gradually extending its range westwards. Still, all records up to...
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Looking back

01 April 2004
Comments Other `GARGANEY IN SUSSEX IN WINTER. WHILE on the shore at Glyne Gap, between Bexhill and West St. Leonards, on February 3rd, 1929, a friend of mine, Mr. Barlow, found the remains of a small duck that had been badly mauled by Gulls, and the wing of a second....
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Monthly marathon

01 April 2004
Comments Other Monthly Marathon photo number 204 (Brit. Birds 97: plate 26, repeated here as plate 113) captures a scene all too often encountered, whether birding at home or abroad: a view from the rear of a streaky, brownish passerine perched on a fence before it v...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1995
Comments Other We greatly regret that the closing dates for the last two hurdles (plates 97 and 111) were given incorrectly as 15th July and 15th August, instead of 15th August and 15th September, respectively. We are, therefore, extending the deadline for receipt of...
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Looking Back

01 September 1995
Comments Other 'Honey-buzzard, Pemis apivorus. I could wish to exclude the vulgar name of honey-buzzard, for it only tends to perpetuate an error, since it is well known that the bird never eats honey. Ray called it "Buteo apivorus seu vespivorus" as if it fed solely...
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