Paul Bright-Thomas
Landlocked birder, looking up
Birdguides today reported a couple of Caspian Gulls in Staffordshire at a site called Silverdale Colliery, with the specific location being a part of the site called "The Void".
This got me thinking that I'd like to hear about any locations for birding that won't be found on any map, the weirder the better, and named by birders if possible. Many of these might be sub-locations that help you find a specific part of a birding site.
Obviously, there will be many named after either regularly occurring birds, or sites where birds of legend were found or twitched. But what are some of the more unusual, amusing or inexplicable place names that we would use to specify a bird's location? If the place name's derivation is not obvious and you have an explanation, please include it.
This got me thinking that I'd like to hear about any locations for birding that won't be found on any map, the weirder the better, and named by birders if possible. Many of these might be sub-locations that help you find a specific part of a birding site.
Obviously, there will be many named after either regularly occurring birds, or sites where birds of legend were found or twitched. But what are some of the more unusual, amusing or inexplicable place names that we would use to specify a bird's location? If the place name's derivation is not obvious and you have an explanation, please include it.