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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1197542" data-attributes="member: 32998">No, no, not that way. Just having my usual attempt at humourful (ie =less??!!) word play <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Gets me in trouble sometimes . . . Planks and driftwood, same thing in many respects. And in the interests of full harmony, and to give a sensible answer to your question, I at first didn't quite get your drift (no pun intended), I was wondering if you meant you record interesting driftwood in your book. Why not? Coco de mer for example from a different ocean would be well worth recording. Maybe I'm the unenlightened one, and to bring this back on topic, are you thinking along the lines of birds resting on flotsam en route between land masses??In which case - no problem at all. I guess in certain instances after storms, trees at sea would be a welcome refuge for tired migrants. And prabably the sole means by which mammals and terrestrial reptiles would colonise new islands eg in the Pacific or elsewhere. If the flotsam is man-made, as nowadays may be the case, case still holds, although I suspect wouldn't be so good for wildlife, and given the speed of ocean currents wouldn't work for birds.(Again, No offence intended in my post above, dan)</blockquote>