Monthly marathon

01 July 2001
Comments Other The long pointed wings and long, tapering, forked tail of the bird in Monthly Marathon number 177 (plate 109, repeated here as plate 198) will have been readily identifiable as a swift (Apodidae) to all but the most inexperienced of obser vers. The pho...
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Looking back

01 July 2001
Comments Other Seventy-five years ago: `GREAT AND BLUE TITMICE IN SKYE. IN a Practical Handbook of British Birds' I notice that the Great Titmouse (Parus major) is said to be only a rare visitor to Skye. It may be interesting therefore to record that I saw s...
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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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