Well.... yesterday whilst rummaging about in my "office" I found an absolutely ancient copy of the" RSPB Birdwatcher's Field Lists" .. a slim, pocket-sized volume. There's ten lists in it, and I've filled all ten of them in .... there's a 1982 list (!), a 1983 list (!!), a House List ( 1982 and '83 and '84) , a Life List, an Ireland List ('83 & '84), one for birds I've ringed, and a 1986 list broken down into 2-month-chunks. But the one that really caught my eye was the " Dead Birds" list. I don't know what the time-period was to amass the list .... Here it is ..... Fulmar Gannet Cormorant Grey Heron Mallard Teal Shelduck Canada Goose Pheasant Moorhen Oystercatcher Lapwing Curlew Gt. Black-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull (Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gull) Black-headed Gull Kittiwake Razorbill Guillemot Little Owl Rook Jackdaw Magpie Jay Blue Tit Blackbird Robin Starling Greenfinch Redpoll House Sparrow. I wonder how many birdwatchers still have their copy of that little book of lists. And does the RSPB have an updated version ??? I know not. Let's have a bit of music then ...... Transatlanticism .. Death Cab for Cutie ..terrific !!!
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