Monthly marathon

01 June 1999
Comments Other `Monthly marathon' Photo no. 154. Third stage in eleventh `Marathon'. Identify the species. Read the rules below, then send your answer on a postcard to Monthly Marathon, Fountains, Park Lane, Blunham, Bedford MK44 3NJ, to arrive by 15th July 1999.1. O...
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Looking back

01 June 1999
Comments Other `The following notes were made... in those extensive woods which once formed part of the Forest of Feckenham, Worcestershire... At first I heard nothing more than Thrushes, Blackbirds and Nightingales, except a Nightjar... A WoodWarbler was singing amo...
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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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