# Planning a UK Walkabout

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-uk-walkabout/242619>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 29, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-uk-walkabout/242619 "2004-04-29T03:27:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-uk-walkabout/242619/121 "2004-07-01T06:15:21Z")

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> [@Steve Wright](#):
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> My memory of the bird is more than a little vague … it’s just possible it might have been an [oystercatcher](http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/oystercatcher.htm) … maybe? (They breed inland, during the summer, though they’re normally coastal birds … )
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> My memory may be completely faulty, though.

Uh-uh. The reason I remember that bird is because it was black but the wing was completely white except for that black bar across the “shoulder”. Unless the oystercatcher comes in other patterns, that’s not it either. The second time I saw it, though, I was on the coast. . …

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-uk-walkabout/242619/122 "2004-07-01T13:09:15Z")

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I’m just going to have to keep my eye out for the thing, aren’t I? Next time I see it, I’ll grab hold of it and not let go until it’s given me its Latin name, rank, and serial number.

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