Given the low take-up, I'm prepared to relax the criteria. But it needs to be a ****-off big aggressive type, not some dainty kittiwake thing. Top marks for a Great Black-Backed.
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Given the low take-up, I'm prepared to relax the criteria. But it needs to be a ****-off big aggressive type, not some dainty kittiwake thing. Top marks for a Great Black-Backed.
I can't help it if we're ahead of our time...
I've given it a great deal of thought, and I think Fulmars should count, even though they're not actually gulls, on account of their propensity to spit vile fishy stomach oils over anything that irritates them. Great Skuas also count, for obvious kudos reasons.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
I'm afraid the best I can muster here, at short notice, is a wagtail.
Pah!
Still... I'm having to lower my expectations in the face of a disappointing field. Pied or grey?
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Pied 
Gannet?
I now have this picture in my mind, of TC taking on a full-grown gannet (better still: a breeding female sitting on eggs)
Which reminds me: someone mentioned "Albatross!". I remember with some amusement, when a passenger on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry (I think) accosted me and asked "do we get albatrosses in the English Channel?". Alas, no. What he'd seen were gannets. But they're splendid birds to watch, especially when they oblige you with a dive at close quarters...
I've carried several chickens and a goose, but not all at the same time. And they were all a bit dead, so I suppose that doesn't count.
Well I must say I'm disappointed in the competition. If anyone has got one over on the seagulls by letting them follow the trawler and then hanging on to all the sardines, they get a desperation bonus point.
Gannet?
I now have this picture in my mind, of TC taking on a full-grown gannet (better still: a breeding female sitting on eggs)
Which reminds me: someone mentioned "Albatross!". I remember with some amusement, when a passenger on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry (I think) accosted me and asked "do we get albatrosses in the English Channel?". Alas, no. What he'd seen were gannets. But they're splendid birds to watch, especially when they oblige you with a dive at close quarters...
Pete - it's chapeau time if you've actually carried a Gannet on a bike - I'll even lower the distance requirements to a mere 200 yards. Or is this just big talk?
'fraid its just my fertile imagination! What are you on about, Claud? I tried googling* 'competitive gull' but got no hits. Are we on some sort of weird animal rescue thingy? Are you closet RSPCA-in-disguise?
*safe search on: obligatory at work...
philipbh
Spectral Cyclist
- Location
- Out the back
I suspect he is cheating - what with using that Crow for balancing purposes
Unfortunate cropping means you can't see that Hitch is riding a unicycle here. But I think he's got you beaten by some measure, tc.
Third party claims are disallowed, I'm afraid. Nice try.
Hardly a challenge. 3BM gave his up after three swoops and a bit of chirrupping from a sparrow...