glaciermint
Wednesday 7th March 2007, 12:23
A slight variation on the direct bird identification quiz.
Most birders travel the country extensively and build up an excellent geographical knowledge and navigate by instinct. Men of course are well known for avoiding the embarrasment of having to consult a map or ask for directions, at least until they get close to the quarry (no pun intended for the Gyr twitchers at the moment).
Can you work out the names of two British towns from what follows. Clue- both are near places you might go for Ring Ouzels, though in one case chances of seeing them have reduced in recent years.
Town 1. There is a milestone in the town which records the distance to other places as:
London 150 miles Oxford 91 Exeter 162 York 159
Manchester 91 Birmingham 52 Buxton 81
Town 2. The town name contains 13 letters, none of which are repeated.
Apologies to non UK members for the rather parochial nature of this post!
Most birders travel the country extensively and build up an excellent geographical knowledge and navigate by instinct. Men of course are well known for avoiding the embarrasment of having to consult a map or ask for directions, at least until they get close to the quarry (no pun intended for the Gyr twitchers at the moment).
Can you work out the names of two British towns from what follows. Clue- both are near places you might go for Ring Ouzels, though in one case chances of seeing them have reduced in recent years.
Town 1. There is a milestone in the town which records the distance to other places as:
London 150 miles Oxford 91 Exeter 162 York 159
Manchester 91 Birmingham 52 Buxton 81
Town 2. The town name contains 13 letters, none of which are repeated.
Apologies to non UK members for the rather parochial nature of this post!