Happy new year etc...
I don't know if any of you are subscribed to "Lincsbirdnews" emails, but there a very interesting thread at the moment about ship assisted birds, especially in relation to the American Robin in Grimsby.
What are peoples views on the validity of ticking a bird that may have been ship assisted?
There are some glaringly obvious birds (NOT the Robin) that I won't mention for fear of getting lynched (we all know which ones!)
My own view is that provided it has survived a crossing without being caged and released there is no reason why it can't be considered tickable.
Tom Mc
I'd agree its made the journey using what ever means it can, if it had stopped on an island/oil rig somewhere it would still be OK, so why do we concern ourselves with ships? As long as it has not been kept onboard the ship i.e it is free to fly away, then there is no problem in my opinion.
Hi Tom,
The BOU say you can tick them, so I'd go ahead and tick them
Michael