... and what a fine book it is .... but I was looking for something special. ...... I wanted to compare my 3K species/km² with other sites.... ( see post 880) ....... and I found what I wanted ... a comparative figure for the London Recording Area. ........ it is a 20-mile-radius circle centred on St. Paul's Cathedral. ......... that must have been a hell of a long piece of string. .......... and god only knows how many tins of white paint. ........... and they probably have to repaint it every couple of years. Anyway ... as of 1957, within that circle ( 3215 km²) 245 species have been found. And that amounts to approx 13/km² At first I was a bit irked, what with my 3K result being a feeble 6.23/km² That's half of wot London gets. Bah. BUT ..... here's a litany of excuses for my Rancid Results ... [a] I'm just 1 tiny observer compared to hundreds and hundreds in the London Area. [b] I've only been " doing" the 3k for a few years .... they've been doing it for 57 years ! [c] I'm not on any sort of grapevine about birds turning up ... London will be absolutely awash with them. I'm amazed all those 5G masts we see haven't melted. [d] So, for the most part, I'm on my own. [e] London has a vast array of habitats, and excellent transport links. [f] I'm old and knackered. [g] And, according to The King of Bryher, a scatterbrain. [h] I encountered him yesterday, and he immediately went into attack mode and spent the whole of our 40 minutes together slagging me off. I should have got in't car and gone home. [i] I had to point out to him that I've read The House at Pooh Corner in 5 languages, and I could read it in Welsh if it existed ... which it doesn't. Dim Byd. Oh Weh, oh Weh ! Ciel! [j] I think I've veered off the Core Mission somehow .. so we'll have the music bit ...
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