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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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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