Monthly marathon

01 April 2000 Comments Other February's mystery bird (plate 71, repeated here as plate 116) is clearly a medium-sized leaf-warbler Phylloscopus. There are no obvious wing-bars or tertial tips, and apparently no central crown stripe, so we can immediately rule out a number of speci...
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Looking back

01 April 2000 Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `I have just obtained a bird which is in the list of your desiderata, and I therefore hope it will be acceptable to you. As the bird agrees in every respect with the description given of the stork (Ardea Ciconia), excep...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1998 Comments Other With postal delays affecting some areas, and entries from none of the key players having been received, we have decided to extend the deadline for the nineteenth stage of this ninth 'Monthly marathon' from 15th April to 30th April. The answer, and news...
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Looking Back

01 May 1998 Comments Other Twenty-five years ago: 'One of the most amazing events of the month [May 1973] was an influx of Red-footed Falcons Falco vespertinus from continental Europe from about 20th, continuing through June. 'Although this insectivorous falcon has been an expected...
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