Non-motoring > Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: R.P. Replies: 15
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 Thu 27 Jun 13 23:33 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - R.P.
I heard about this on the news -having been reared on a diet of BBC radio comedy I have to say the story made me chuckle a little bit....


www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23082846

Could only happen in Britain....almost Pythonesque....
Last edited by: R.P. on Thu 27 Jun 13 at 23:33
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 07:39 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - sherlock47
I think, that if I were a twitcher I would avoid going anywhere this guy was!

"He added that on a previous bird watching trip he had seen a migratory wryneck hit by a train".

Maybe this is an opportunity for Z to spread his wings?
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 08:54 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Zero
I saw that last night, and IPML. As for trains and birds, Deltic Alycidon recently hit a bird at 100mph that broke the glass on the front headcode box ripping the headcode blind (think routemaster destination blind)

The ripped blind sold on ebay for a large sum of money. Its an ill wind etc.
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 09:04 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - sherlock47
If the bird was a protected species, the bits probably also sold for an inflated sum!
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 09:23 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Zero
>> If the bird was a protected species, the bits probably also sold for an inflated
>> sum!

They were still attached to the headcode blind so it was a bogoff.
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 10:11 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Bromptonaut
More or les same reaction as Z. I know Harris reasonably well and unlike Lewis full size turbines are few and far between. According to report it was a domestic turbine that did for it.
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 10:49 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Cliff Pope

>>
>> Could only happen in Britain....almost Pythonesque....
>>

It almost feels like a kind of Heisenberg principle - rare birds are safe until you watch them. They can't be safe and watched at the same time.
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 11:17 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Zero
But if they are watched they are not rare, but when they are commonly watched they die making them rare,

What came first, the twitcher or the rare bird?
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 21:18 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - zookeeper
what do twitchers have for breakfast?

answer... corncrakes, i'l get my coat
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 21:26 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Manatee
Tweetabix?
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 21:35 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Zero
No idea, but the bird in the OP was certainly toast....
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 21:51 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Manatee
Cheerios in his case then.
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 Fri 28 Jun 13 22:45 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Armel Coussine
Puffed wheatear.
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 Sat 29 Jun 13 10:10 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - PhilW
I think this one had Shreddies
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 Sat 29 Jun 13 15:55 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Roger.
It certainly had a redshank.
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 Sat 29 Jun 13 18:41 
 Very sad but with a slightly comic edge. - Londoner
>> I think this one had Shreddies
>>
or Shredded Tweet even!
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