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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Blimey - you don't want much!

    Arctic Terns - Sterna paradisaea?
     
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    Bolton's Boots, Mar 16, 2014
  2. yorkshirehornet

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    Yes........


    <ok>


    but which one???

    Distinctive feature
    breeds sparingly in the UK on islands
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

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    The shape of its long tail sometimes means it is called a sea swallow?
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    Bit of a generic tern. I am looking for a particular genus of tern.... that is what the photo is of...

    further clue.... nests on a Northumberland Island with a French name.... or a darling of an island... which is where I saw it
     
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  5. Bolton's Boots

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    Roseate Tern?
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

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    Yes well done... .quite rare..
     
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  7. Bolton's Boots

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    On which date did this happen and what was the occasion?

    chaos.jpg
     
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  8. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Hogertrafik...3Sept 1967...Sweden switches from left to right,
     
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  9. Bolton's Boots

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    Didn't take long. <applause>

    Over to you...
     
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    Northern Ireland is the biggest; Shetland the smallest....what?
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

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    anything to do with creatures?
     
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  12. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Not creatures Yorkie.
     
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    Political in some way?
     
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    Off shore areas of the UK with local government.
     
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    geitungur akureyrar, Mar 18, 2014
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    Not political or local government.

    Clue: Shrewsbury and Welshpool share one...
     
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    Bridges
     
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    Railways?
     
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  18. yorkshirehornet

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    biggest and smallest parts of the uk without railways?
     
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    Still not there.

    Another clue...London first got them in 1857
     
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    Postal districts!!
     
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