Looking back

01 May 2009
Comments Other Blunt's advice on the pronunciation of scientific names (Brit. Birds 102: 25­28) makes interesting reading and I wish those involved in promoting classical pronunciation every success. Such abominations as `Beauty-oh' for Buteo (should be `Boo-teh-a...
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Monthly marathon

01 August 1994
Comments Other PLATE 60: Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus (60%), Monk Vulture Aegypius monachus (31%), Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos (7%), and other vultures (2%). PLATE 72: Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (83%), Grey Phalarope P. fulicarius (16%), and ...
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Twenty-five years ago

01 August 1994
Comments Other In August 1969, there was the start of a huge influx of Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea with over 19,000 bird-days from 250 localities. The peak came on 31st August, when there were at least 3,500 present. The all-time ringing total was more than...
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