Now there's a question ! ( And a lot trickier than I imagined in the first few minutes after" thinking it up".) We've all seen loads of common birds, rather fewer not-so-common ones, and some rarities too. So, suppose we had a list of UK birds in "rarity/common-ness" order, what would be the "commonest" one you've haven't seen ? I have to admit, it would be hard work compiling such a list. But interesting as well. And the list would be a bit different in different parts of the UK. But ...... you might have to do a bit of thinking, and scanning the UK list for a while, building a list of possible answers ...and then choosing " the one." Since thinking this challenge up about two hours ago, I've cobbled together a "shortlist" of my own "commonest birds I've never seen" ... but I'm going to have to find out how relatively "rare" each of my candidate birds is ( and that might well be tricky) before I can come to a final answer. And I hope that some of my readers ( that's you) will have a go at it as well, and send me (a) your shortlist and (b) your final choice. You could send your results to me at [email protected] Or as a comment tacked on to the end of this post. I'm sure that the results would be illuminating at the very least. But meanwhile, the music. And as it's Roy Harper Week at my house, here's another of his fine songs ..... "Tom Tiddler's Ground" ... that's the space between the high and low tides. I haven't been able to find a live video of him doing it, but a song is anything that can stand by itself ..... off we go ..... I thought you had passed, but you caught me at last,where you know I could never be worn.
And now that you're here, and you finally hear, it's so clear on the wings of the dawn. Where your smile starts to shine, as you breath in the brine Of the spray on the very same day. The same day we all go, when we're sure that we know, what it is to be floating away. And there's a lovenest, in Tom Tiddler's Ground (x3), long before Eden, was lost and found. But you know you'll have to be kind, if you're ever gonna find, The place that your face could have shown. Especially when you don't dare, to force anyone there,to share in the ice being blown. And there's a lovenest, in Tom Tiddler's Ground (x3), long before Eden, was lost and found. And you heard me say 'yes', but you know its a guess, as somebody else shouted 'no'. And you know freedom is free, of all the forces that be, And the ice that you too thought you should throw. And there's a lovenest, in Tom Tiddler's Ground (x3), long before Eden, was lost and found. I thought you had passed, but you caught me at last,where you know I could never be worn. And now that you're here, and you finally hear, it's so clear on the wings of the dawn. And you know freedom is free, of all the forces that be, And the ice that you too thought should be thrown. And there's a love nest, in Tom Tiddler's Ground (x3), long before Eden, was lost and found. Several hours later .... I've got my "shortlist" of " the commonest birds I've never seen" At least that's a start. But, as I mentioned above, working out which is the commonest of those is a bit tricky. ( I have a sneaky feeling that this "idea" might run and run ..... tough, but fascinating to do )
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