As the dust settles on a poor year, and as the golden 🦆heads to Basil (well done), we must consider where (new) ol’ snowy heads. As votes are frequently fiddled, it falls on us to pass judgement and well let’s face it, there is only one place that it can go, and that is Reg for his bufflehead. Who wouldn’t want to find that on their patch? So well done Reg.
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| A bufflehead, er last March |
In a pretty bumper year for good patch finds, let’s give an honourable mention to red-rumped swallows at Squince and South Don, and gull-billed tern and dusky warbler at Galley Head, plus Basil's late December female lesser scaup at Squince. All of them are worthy contenders but in the end could not compete.
So now Basil Shakey needs to carefully pack up (New) Old Snowy and send it, yes actually send it, to Reg, so that he can keep it for the next 15 years. And Bushveld needs to carefully pack up the Golden Mallard (worth at least £100 on ebay), and send it to Basil, so that he can send it to Reg at the end of 2025 so that he can keep it for the next 15 years.
All to play for!
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