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[LAsouthcoast]

NottinghamWhite » 3 minutes ago

LAsouthcoast wrote:
Could 2 be a Redcap?

There's a Blackcap but not a Redcap.

It is a bird NW, just googled it.

[NottinghamWhite]

These are the ones I now need. Remember they're all birds.



2. Harry's postie (6) ------------Hedwig ( Harry Potters pet owl that delivered his mail)
4. Shy shy (7)
11. Arrested for soft soaping (8,4) ----------Collared Dove
12. Stanley's presumptive search first found Jonty (7)

Just the 2 to go.

[NottinghamWhite]

Shy shy is Bittern -----once bitten twice shy

[Deleted User 728]

Blimey.

I lived in a place called Bitterne, Southampton, for years as a kid

I knew it was named after the bird too - used to be common down on the Itchen river once upon a time.
Extremely rare now, though

[johnh]

I think the last one is the Fish Eagle also known as the Zimbabwian Bird. (Jonty Rhodes, Stanley finding Livingston in Rhodesia)

Rather tenuous I agree, but can't think of anything else.

[NottinghamWhite]

I think the last one is the Fish Eagle also known as the Zimbabwian Bird. (Jonty Rhodes, Stanley finding Livingston in Rhodesia)

Rather tenuous I agree, but can't think of anything else.

Problem is it only has 7 letters edit to say we are however on the same train of thought. I keep thinking its skylark, the lark bit being jonty..

[johnh]

Well if I get a cryptic crossword solution that doesn't fit in I just black out a square or two.

[NottinghamWhite]

Well if I get a cryptic crossword solution that doesn't fit in I just black out a square or two.

[NottinghamWhite]

Last one is seagull


There is a Jonathan Livingstone book called Seagull

Livingstone link to Stanleys and Jonty short for Jonathan - does that make sense?

[Deleted User 728]

Last one is seagull


There is a Jonathan Livingstone book called Seagull

Livingstone link to Stanleys and Jonty short for Jonathan - does that make sense?

Yep.
The book was often a standard school text for anyone under 50, mate