tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post6876695843905838615..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: Beginner's luckSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-61918503631989921012012-09-02T22:04:02.006+01:002012-09-02T22:04:02.006+01:00Here's another way of throwing a curve ball at...Here's another way of throwing a curve ball at them.<br /><br />Say hello to someone you know who happens to be seawatching when you are carrying nothing but a fishing rod. Gamekeeper turned poacher?Andrew Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12936003372058916499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-6798205111673282592012-08-27T01:51:10.451+01:002012-08-27T01:51:10.451+01:00Hardly a beginner. Has to be said, though - once a...Hardly a beginner. Has to be said, though - once again - bloody jammy or what! I very much doubt it's often you get a rare pan-frying or whatever it is species flying over when no-one else is looking.<br /><br />Brilliant sighting! Factorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164747997397980883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-27542907077018303022012-08-26T23:51:56.014+01:002012-08-26T23:51:56.014+01:00"...instead OF not..." ...rather"...instead OF not..." ...ratherDavid Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936919745022906765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-8299412341715468042012-08-26T23:50:28.691+01:002012-08-26T23:50:28.691+01:00And having your wits about you to check a presumab...And having your wits about you to check a presumably common species to make sure it's not something rarer instead or not giving it a second look/check to make sure it wasn't something special, as three people did.. or worse still not even bothering to look at it at all, as I did.<br /><br />Now my initial fury has calmed I can congratulate and thank you for adding an excellent record to this year's record book. Hopefully next time you'll find something in a bush or field instead of being in the air, drifting steadily away :-)<br /><br />all the best<br /><br />DavidDavid Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936919745022906765noreply@blogger.com