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My adventures in the (drum roll)... World of Birds! Clash! As nobody has been asking, I'll explain. George Bristow was a taxidermist at the hub of the Hastings Rarities scandal. From 1896 to 1939, hundreds of rare birds passed through his shop in St Leonards-on-Sea which he claimed were locally killed. They were later shown to be fraudulent. I'd like to think that at the back of his shop was a time machine linked to a freezer in another dimension, full of dead birds. You read it here first.
About Me
- Martin
- My name is Martin. I have one wife, Diane, who drinks wine. Between us, we have two children who eat money and are old enough to read now... so I have to say what joyful and fulfilling darlings they are! Don't be fooled, I'm much less boorish and opinionated than you'd think.
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- Seventh Son of a Currant Bun
- Letterbox
- Lest we forget, part whatever
- The Power of Procrastination
- Dead (Common) Shrews. How? I found 5 today on my...
- Hippy Burpday
- Oi! No!
- Birding under the influence
- Jumping Fish!
- So raise the Scarlet Grosbeak high....
- Slik D2 lightning conductor pt 2
- Heinrich Gaetke 1814-1897
- Heroes of the Revolution, Part 2
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Other good stuff...
- Bitter Bonxie
- Blindfold-Bunny-Baby's Playhouse of Horror
- Bogbumper
- Boulmer Birder
- British Birds
- Camera Trap Codger
- Cork Birding
- Fraser's Birding Blog
- Green Withens Birding (sweary!)
- Ivorybills Live!
- Ken Hall Photography
- Menzie birding
- Not Quite Scilly - amusing
- Oe˜ygarden Birding
- Ornitholigical Idiocy
- Punkbirder
- Swampblog
- Toadsnatcher
- Tom McKinney (Parental Advisory)
- Whitby Birding
2 comments:
Love the fake backdrop: presumably they couldn't take outdoor photos in those days? Shame that the gull wasn't a Great Black-headed or something!
ah . . . the good old days eh. Forget the bird flying off, out of view. A crack shot really did nail his bird and once he had consulted his handy museum with his bagful of skins, he could put a name to most and those he couldn't, declare them knew to science. Oh yeh, you could look cool too!
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