Monthly marathon

01 November 2001 Comments Other Monthly Marathon photo number 180 (plate 220, repeated here as plate 314) clearly features a small wader, apparently one of the calidrine species, and it appears to be in practically complete non-breeding plumage (although the retained dark inner media...
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Monthly marathon

01 April 1988 Comments Other What was that diving bird (plate 34)? Competitors named it as: Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Black-necked Grebe P. nigricollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Shag P. aristotelis Scaup Aythya marila Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus (22%) (21%) (16%...
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