George Bristow's Secret Freezer

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.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

BOURC 39th Report

I should point you at this BOURC 39th Report.

This sort of thing is what I've been doing recently. Three British firsts forYorkshire. Yorkshire rules.

Includes the belated acceptance of of White-throated Sparrow from Hull, February 1893, shot in the grounds of Holderness House. Holderness House is now a retirement home for Laydeees, which is about as 'Little Britain' as you can get.