Hardy Tropical
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Hardy Tropical
Bridled Tern on the Farne Islands today
Really strange seeing a bird from the Caribbean and tropical African coasts, among Arctic Terns on a chilly North Sea coast!
Really strange seeing a bird from the Caribbean and tropical African coasts, among Arctic Terns on a chilly North Sea coast!
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Most likely a GPS malfunctionGoggleboxUK wrote:GPS Malfunction or the Alaskan Heatwave perhaps?
What a question to ask!kata wrote:Any sighting of Puffins?
That's the Bridled Tern in the bottom of the pic, wings stretched
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I take it you see one or two then!Conifers wrote:Most likely a GPS malfunctionGoggleboxUK wrote:GPS Malfunction or the Alaskan Heatwave perhaps?
What a question to ask!kata wrote:Any sighting of Puffins?
That's the Bridled Tern in the bottom of the pic, wings stretched
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Well, I didn't see all of them . . . but there's about 80,000 Puffins on the Farnes at the moment . . . or 120,000 if you include the chicks in their nestsflounder wrote:I take it you see one or two then!
So it's a bit like going to Old Trafford on a match day and then being asked, "Did you see any people?"
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I looked at Wiki to where abouts Farne Islands where, It said they had Puffins and I like Puffins so there Conifers...
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Well at least you didn't think it was in Egypt and ask if he'd seen an Ibis.kata wrote:I looked at Wiki to where abouts Farne Islands where, It said they had Puffins and I like Puffins so there Conifers...
Pharoah Islands, geddit?
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Obviously heard about our forthcoming heat wave! !
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
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Conifers wrote:Well, I didn't see all of them . . . but there's about 80,000 Puffins on the Farnes at the moment . . . or 120,000 if you include the chicks in their nestsflounder wrote:I take it you see one or two then!
So it's a bit like going to Old Trafford on a match day and then being asked, "Did you see any people?"
Well they are safer there than on Iceland*
*when Icelandic footballer Hermann Heraiderson played for Ipswich the fanzine did a mock recipie page with him in which every dish involved Puffin
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!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!The fanzine did a mock recipie page with him in which every dish involved Puffin
I luv em...