Twice this month, I've driven to Land's End because the weather forecast was just perfect for seeing shearwaters. Unfortunately, it's a long drive from Yorkshire, and both times the weather has changed its mind while I was en route
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BUBO is down and I am really panicking; stupidely I haven't kept my Big Year list anywhere else! Of course I know what species I have, but the dates and places are not recordedf anywhere else. *worries*
Meanwhile, got a spotted crake today, and dipped a pec. Year list is 272
I have booked myslef onto three pelagics in my life. One was cancelled because of bad weather, one because the boat wasn't working, and the one on Saturday actually went out. It might as well not have done
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I have just seen a YouTube video about odd McDonalds free toys. It records that in 1983, three years (significant the number!), after the release of the film E.T. another round of E.T. toys was released.
Please tell me there is someone else here who understands why 3 years after the cinema release was important?
Watched the first half of [i] Genesis of the Daleks [/i] for the first time in longer than I care to remember tonight.
It's often been remarked that the Time Lords' transmat gave the Master a cloak...but unless I'm missing something, didn't this one remove Sarah's trousers?
Finally, after travelling from Yorkshire three times in 4 weeks to stare at a vast tidal creek on the Sussex coast, someone managed to egt me on to the whimbrel with the dark rump. Relieved is an understatement.
Also picked up the Bonaparte's gull in Kent. Year list 260.
At the weekend I spent 11 hours wandering round the Sussex coast looking for a Hudsonian whimbrel which was supposed to be in the area. Didn't find it.