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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tittletattler" data-source="post: 1776498" data-attributes="member: 63151">I can only agree with John Cantelo.  Nigel is an extremely lucky birder!  It's always a blessing when he's in our crew on a twitch as we know the bird is guaranteed.  That's just the way it is with Nigel.  However, he makes his own luck (if luck actually exists at all).  He's very observant and persistent (when not cracking jokes) and as such, is more likely to find/relocate a bird.  Shell suits?  Not his style at all.  Calandra Lark at Scotney (Calandra Lane, as we now call it) was, IMO, genuine.  His field notes and sketches, which I saw a little after the sighting, were excellent.  Now he has a digital camera to hand to prove his birds.  He still finds just as many good birds in spite of this only now he posts his images on the internet to prove his sightings and perhaps to also stick two fingers up at birding snobs such as Dog.Cheers,Andy.</blockquote>