‘twas on this day, in the year of 1879, on the olde patch of the Boulmer Birder, that an Upland Sandpiper was seen (and shot) at Longhoughton, Low Stead…
…now if he had tried to photograph it, or god forbid, just let nature take its course, he would have gotten some serious grief.
No doubt about it from a dodgy descrption or a crap digi image, no trial by internet, no, fortunately for the finder, he shot it!
Northumberland’s one and only record, preserved for posterity!
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