Monthly marathon

01 March 2000 Comments Other January's bird (plate 32, repeated here as plate 90) was a brown, streaky thing and, just to make it more difficult (at least for birders used to field identification), it was in the hand. We can, however, quickly narrow down the hunt: the only West Pa...
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Looking back

01 March 2000 Comments Other The rarities for the year [1899] have not been many, and one cannot but be impressed with the growing scarcity of the Hobby [Falco subbuteo], Kestrel [F. tinnunculus], Magpie [Pica pica], Quail [Coturnix coturnix], Woodcock [Scolopax rusticola], Ruff [...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 December 1988 Comments Other 'CAROLINA CRAKE IN OUTER HEBRIDES. AN immature male Carolina Crake (Porzana carolina) was shot by Mr. A. Blain (Galson Lodge, Stornoway), near Ness, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, on November 12th, 1913, and sent to the Natural History Museum in the flesh.' (B...
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