Monthly marathon

01 April 2003 Comments Other Although different species of grass vary in size, the vegetation around the bird in photo number 195 (Brit. Birds 96: plate 28, repeated here as plate 149 is a pretty good indicator of scale and suggests that we are dealing with a small bird. The size ...
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Looking back

01 April 2003 Comments Other `WHITE-TAILED EAGLE IN BEDFORDSHIRE. ON February 20th, 1928, "a very large Hawk" was reported to me as having been seen in our park at Woburn for the first time. On the 22nd I had a very good view of it for myself, and it has been seen daily by other o...
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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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