Here's a top ticker swotting up on his twitching terminology ... Birding Terms Explained { It Pays to Increase Your Birdspeak } Serendipity - the end of a long series of unsuccessful visits to a North Norfolk field study centre. Bempton - long-time member of local bird club committee. Life list yet to exceed 150. Blakeney - one who keeps sending in records for birds he didn't find to the Not BB Rarities Committee, just in case he gets his name in the rarities report. Blakeney Point - a Blakeney showing off their entries in the rarities report. Cley - sob on missing a major rarity. Covehithe - birder who's worked a patch for years, keeps records quiet, but smiles knowingly when various species are mentioned. Dawlish - the state you're in when your record has been Peleed (q.v.) in front of a group of birders. Dunge - the state of the feet after three days sleeping rough in a car on a summer birding trip. Fleet - tick a bird on minimal view possible. Fritham - see lots of birds by rushing around and Fleeting (q.v.) them all. Gib - the feeling of nervous panic experienced when you've walked around the north end of St Mary's for three hours withough seeing another birder. Hengistbury Head - mystery ailment requiring a day off work, which strikes whenever a major rarity turns up. Most common in early June and November. Insh - move stealthily towards a bird. Pelee - to disparagingly put down a record (eg, "Those pale fringes are on the median coverts not the lessers."). Skomer - bird which flies through so quickly, it has to be Fleeted by those who need it. Staines - a state of complete boredom approaching brain-death. Walney - twit who makes remarks like, "Yeah, yeah, got it, tertial fringes really showing well". Welney - a Walney wearing wellies. Wirral - run around in search of rarities but fail to find any. While you're assimilating those into your so-called brain, and let's face it, you can never get enough of them, here's yet another remarkably relevant bit of music ...... plus, it is a sing-along version for your extra pleasure ... I wish I had invented those words ... but they actually came from an ancient Not BB. If I can persuade The Significant Otter to use her fancy-pants laptop to take a snap of the cover, I'll bung it on here .... but I can't rely on it. Well, she did it, but it cost me £3 7s 11p + VAT.
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