tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post2507688327098702183..comments2024-03-29T14:09:44.928+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: This is Getting Silly...Gavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-41882459886599479702018-01-31T12:07:18.108+00:002018-01-31T12:07:18.108+00:00I'd like to point out that several times durin...I'd like to point out that several times during this particular gull-watching episode I heard a Greenshank call and even mentioned it to Stevie when I spoke to him, because a winter Greenshank on the Axe is rarer than Caspian Gull. So I am aware of other genera.<br /><br />Mind you, I didn't take my eyes off the gulls in order to try and actually <i>see</i> it. I mean, I know what a Greenshank looks like...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-71410832322991489362018-01-31T06:29:21.031+00:002018-01-31T06:29:21.031+00:00Are you confusing birder with gull fetishist?Are you confusing birder with gull fetishist?Jonathan Lethbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-9412651188473110672018-01-30T20:12:42.922+00:002018-01-30T20:12:42.922+00:00Steve, I reckon that's a theory worth consider...Steve, I reckon that's a theory worth considering in the next post! ;)Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-9571967514396878702018-01-30T17:05:05.797+00:002018-01-30T17:05:05.797+00:00C'mon, admit it Gav - you're morphing back...C'mon, admit it Gav - you're morphing back into a birder again!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-78773897346657649852018-01-29T22:40:05.788+00:002018-01-29T22:40:05.788+00:00Cheers Dyl, I'll do that with pleasure. Rob wa...Cheers Dyl, I'll do that with pleasure. Rob was naturally quite delighted, and this fish was very much on his own terms too, so doubly satisfying I think.<br /><br />Re 'scraper': of course, I shan't be ribbing him about checking his scales or anything like that... ;)Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-75236948925807979612018-01-29T22:28:01.169+00:002018-01-29T22:28:01.169+00:00Gav,
Please convey my congratulations to Rob, that...Gav,<br />Please convey my congratulations to Rob, that is a magnificent pike, scraper twenty indeed! A wild pike over twenty pounds is a rare beast and something to be proud of, Caspian Gulls - ten a penny by comparison! Take care - DylDylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.com