Monthly marathon

01 October 2000
Comments Other ugust's photograph (plate 228, repeated here as plate 300) clearly shows a passerine and, from its location and stance, most observers probably immediately thought `bunting or finch', these families containing the contrastingly patterned species typica...
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Looking Back

01 October 1996
Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'THROUGH THE FOREST IN FINLAND . . . OWLS. We saw Owls flying on three occasions, but could not determine their species. Many are to be seen nailed to doors of houses, often too much spoiled for identification. We saw Syrnium alu...
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Monthly marathon

01 October 1996
Comments Other With the new relaxed rules (stumble and you now don't have to go back to the startline), the ninth 'Monthly marathon' has attracted ' many new entrants. The flying bird (plate 125) was named as almost everything from diver Gavia to Superman, via Fulmar...
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