I've kept you busy trying to find out ... [1] How many UK birds you need to "get" all 26 letters of the alphabet ? 893-at-last-a-reasonably-short-post.html [2] How many do you need if you use the Latin names ? 895-the-latin-solution.html But this time we're going global... [3] How many " World Birds" do you need to "get" all 26 letters of the alphabet ? I've "done" it, using the English names .... but I can't be sure I've got the definitive answer. ... there's an awful lot of species in the world. I'm not even entirely sure I've got the first two answers right either. But its an interesting, absorbing task ... which is what we all need in these troubled times. The Quest is all ! And we also need regular doses of silliness ... I was talking to The King of Bryher and Tom in the drizzle ( Glaw mân) and I swung the conversation around from TKOB slagging me off to the more enlightening " all the letters of the alphabet bird quests" I've been doing. Actually, TKOB's estimates were pretty close .... I was impressed. Then Tom suggested I could "do" it with Welsh birds. So I did ... and I have ..... .. there's something you'll all be desperate to see . .... but it's taken 7 birds to do it .. so I'm going to see if I can do better. ... I might have to work at it all through the night ..
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