My sister sent me that picture down there,,after reading that "ghostbirding" thing a few posts ago.... she reads this blog religiously ... i.e. with her eyes shut. If you don't know what "ghostbirding" is, skip back a bit ( using this handy link) and you can read all about it ... 250-things-to-do-in-the-car-31-ghostsbirds.html So ... now you should know what the "ghost" of a bird is, and how you spot them on car number plates, or anywhere else for that matter..... and now you can appreciate the "giant ghost" on that signboard up there . LAATERBINESAK is the "ghost" of LANCASTER BUSINESS PARK after loads of its letters have fallen off. Clonk. In the same way, U is a "ghost" of NUTHATCH. As is HH .... NUTHATCH And so are TT and UAH and HAC and THAT. And many others. Anyhow, this is " ghostbirds extra" and that's what you're going to get. For a start, you can reach out a bit further .... ... you can include foreign birds. ... you could allow latin names ... that's educational that is ! ... you can branch out even further ... flowers trees butterflies woodlice ! spiders mammals fish fungi famous birders !! infamous birders !!!!! ... you can play about with the scoring system.. Rather than just 1 point for "doing it" ... it's harder to do it if you don't use the obvious " first letter".. For example ... if the "ghost" was SOW you could get 1 point for Swallow. .. but that's easy because that first letter S is used in your answer.... ... a much tougher one to spot is Grasshopper Warbler !! ... I reckon you deserve 2 or maybe 3 points for that ... it's not so obvious ! ..... ... if you were doing flowers, you'd get Sowthistle in ½ a second. ..... but Sosnowsky's Hogweed might not occur to you for a minute or two. ... plus, I'm not sure if it's on the UK list ! If it is, 10 points I reckon. On top of all that, some people take this really seriously ... eg .. they try to learn all the birds with a "V" in them. .. and the ones with other " lesser-used" letters. .... it cuts down your thinking time so you're more likely to be first. ..... if you're sticking to the UK list, they'll learn all the really long ones.. .... they're more likely to be "ghostbird" fodder. So, as you have seen, there's endless possibilities with this simple, do-italmost-anywhere pursuit. After all that brainbustin' stuff, here's some earbustin' stuff .. Dolly .. " Manga Tears" .. the main riff, once it gets going, is like a tank ! Plus, of course, here's some for you to have a go at .... with car number plates, you just use the 3 letters at the end to do your ghostbirding with ... some easy, some not, some perhaps intractable ... and if it's too easy, try to find a harder solution .. you can award yourself more points ... and points mean .... er, very little !! ... now you know what to do ... have a go in the great outdoors ...
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