Winter trivia winner

[Martin Butterfield <>]

I think you'll find the meaning of the word birding has changed.  In the time of the Bard it meant shooting birds not studying them.  And the term "birding" itself, as applied to our pastime, comes from the Land of Trump - folk around Windsor would still call it bird watching.

Martin

Martin Butterfield

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On 6 June 2017 at 09:12, Terry Bell <> wrote:

Is first off the mark Anne Carrick, with correct answer William Shakespeare and the play Merry Wives of Windsor.

There were several other right answers but it was interesting to learn that the words birding and bird watching, presumingly, were in use in England from very early years.

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