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Wednesday 17 June 2009 - Birding Tips of the Day # 11 & # 12

Birding Tip of the Day # 11 & # 12

Calling all English birders: Whilst driving through the winding lanes of Wales, whether it be to twitch an imaginary American Heron, to search for a fraudulent Arctic Duck or to dip a rare Tern species, the word 'ARAF' painted on the road surface translates as 'SLOW' in Queen's English. This is actually an instruction to lower your travelling speed and is not a warning regarding the perceived 'backward' nature of the residents of whom the village you are about to pass through.

Calling all English birders: Impress your Welsh birding cousins when twitching in Cymru by learning the following useful phrase:

"Ceilliau, mi cael dipio mewn Cymru chwaith drachefn!"

which loosely translated into English is....

"B*llocks, I've dipped in Wales yet again!"

Kindly sent in by Mr Offa Mercia of Chester

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Aye up folks! My name is Adam 'Archie' Archer, a birder from the West Midlands of England where the birds maybe slightly sh*te but the birders are among the best in the World. This is simply a blog about my birding experiences from my beloved Isles of Great Britain. I have been fortunate to see many great birding spectacles from Unst at the highest tip of Shetland to pelagic trips off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. I have also included sightings from around my home in North Warwickshire and my local patch Alvecote Pools a Site of Special Scientific Interest that straddles the Warwickshire & Staffordshire borders. Birding is a great hobby.... so please relax, smile & enjoy it. WARNING: SOME CONTENT MAY OFFEND! PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY COMMENTS LEFT ON THIS BLOG ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF MY GOODSELF.... SO THERE!

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