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30-01-2011, 03:45 PM
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| | | Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
Ha, ha! 
Well I never knew that. Who else used the I-SPY BIRDS book? What were the other species you had to spot, and their all important points values?
I think I had one, but I can't really remember. I was very young. But it's coming back to me slowly. Help me remember.
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30-01-2011, 03:51 PM
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
I used to have one but I used to cheat 
I remember ticking Osprey 'cos I saw one on the telly 
Mind you I was only about 5 
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30-01-2011, 03:52 PM
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
I loved it.
But that passed yesterday when I saw my first Bittern at the London Wetlands Centre. I was, as you might imagine, very excited; at least, until I went into the gift shop at the end and saw the I-SPY book.
"A-ha!" I wondered, "What do I get for a Bittern?"
Thirty measly points, that's what. You get 40 for a tawny owl! How common do they think bloody bitterns are? |
30-01-2011, 03:57 PM
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
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Originally Posted by thewoose  "A-ha!" I wondered, "What do I get for a Bittern?"
Thirty measly points, that's what. You get 40 for a tawny owl! How common do they think bloody bitterns are? | Saw yet another Bittern this afternoon (yawn!), I don't always even bother to raise the bins now! 
There easy if you live near a good area!
You'd be surprised how many people see Bittern before they see a Tawny Owl.
I remember having an I-spy birds book, but I can't remember how much anything was worth (far too long ago)! |
30-01-2011, 04:45 PM
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
I also had an I-spy book (possibly my first bird book or maybe some of the Ladybird books, later graduated to the Observer series!), but like Roy it is but a distant memory!
As a small boy in a very urban part of London without proper optics + a family who weren't into nature I wouldn't have ticked that much! I remember get so excited by identifying Curlew + Redshank from the train on the Exe Estuary as we went down to Dawlish for a holiday- memories!  |
30-01-2011, 04:52 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: n.e.somerset
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
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Originally Posted by Deb London Ha, ha!
Well I never knew that. Who else used the I-SPY BIRDS book? What were the other species you had to spot, and their all important points values?
I think I had one, but I can't really remember. I was very young. But it's coming back to me slowly. Help me remember. | The latest edition was published 2009.Contains 140 birds with updated photos £2.50 in shop but of course online price is cheaper.Others in the series also printed in 2009.....aDm...
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30-01-2011, 05:02 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bandit country between Offa's Dyke and Welsh border
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
Did no-one else but me join the I-Spy Tribe and get the code book and certifcate and stuff from Big Chief I-Spy? I found my wife's old 1970s I-Spy British Mammals book recently (nothing ticked) but obviously I can't lay my hands on it just now. I'll have to start ticking them off again |
30-01-2011, 05:05 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: n.e.somerset
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
Just a mere 1000 points gets you a certificate now. Cut the I spy logo from the back,with 4 Others and you can send off for a badge if you put put a pound coin in as well.
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30-01-2011, 05:06 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bandit country between Offa's Dyke and Welsh border
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
Right! I'm on it. Should get brown hare tomorrow. Just got to find the damn book again  |
30-01-2011, 05:07 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Weardale, Co Durham
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| | | Re: Fifteen I-Spy points for a Fieldfare
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Originally Posted by Johnny Redgate Did no-one else but me join the I-Spy Tribe and get the code book and certifcate and stuff from Big Chief I-Spy? I found my wife's old 1970s I-Spy British Mammals book recently (nothing ticked) but obviously I can't lay my hands on it just now. I'll have to start ticking them off again | Yes I was in the I-Spy Tribe. Happy carefree days.....
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