Monthly marathon

01 December 1995 Comments Other The seventh 'Marathon' was won by Peter Sunesen (Brit. Birds 88: 560), who joins the elite band of expert bird-identifiers who have won SUNBIRD holidays: Pekka J. Nikander (who chose to go to Thailand), Anthony McGeehan (Arctic Canada), Ralph Hobbs (Ke...
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Looking Back

01 December 1995 Comments Other 'Woodcock, Scobpax rusticola. The woodcock arrives here [Durham and Cleveland] about the 15th of October, but does not remain with us, proceeding to the larger woods further inland. The greater number of these birds come with a north-east wind during the ...
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Seventy-five years age

01 May 1992 Comments Other 'The repeated notices of the Common Buzzard having been seen in the east and south-east of England are very gratifying to those who have taken much trouble in preserving the nesting areas of this bird in other parts of the British Islands. It points to...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1992 Comments Other The January stage (plate 9) was intended to be tricky, showing only half a bird, but few people found any need for the full picture (shown below). Answers were as follows: Swallow Hirundo rustica (96%) Eastern Pied Wheatear Oenanthe picata (2%) Pied Wh...
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