This excellent bird book was a family favorite in the 1970s. I believe it was purchased on a holiday in Barmouth, North Wales.
It came back to me after a recent bereavement and I remembered that I had logged many bird sightings in the Bridgend and Barry area between 1977 and 1978. I had not seen a siskin, though, and since I did happen to see a beautiful pair of siskins yesterday, I thought I might as well add an another entry:
And here is a siskin - not the one I saw yesterday, but another sighting today, about 40 miles away:
A sighting 40 miles away? You must have exceptional eyesight!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful book and how special to add an entry after so many years.
Ah! Mine was the Observers Book of British Birds. I sneak across the border myself occasionally to do a spot of birding at WWT Llanelli :-)
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