Not BB ii

I'd upped and left for the Far East by the time the first NOT BB appeared; heard of its success - read out at log time on Scilly, Prof Shamrock reading it till he cried with laughter. Some people even bought copies, with my share of the loot helping me pay off monies borrowed to chase around after Siberian migrants in the name of science.

Well, we thought, perhaps we should try a second NOT BB. I sent material, Simon n Dan dreamed up more daftness, and there were other contributors too - with a Bill Morton cartoon making an entrance, and an unhealthy obsession with Samantha Fox Sparrows (or was that all me). Vol II was even properly printed, and word-processed on something way better than the initial Amstrad (RIP). albeit without fancy stuff like Italics.

NOT BB

The magazine for the serious birdspotter

"Even more hilarious than the Blacktoft Little Stint" - A. Grief

New to Britain and Ireland - Collared Dove

Flight Identification of Stints

Samantha Fox Sparrow - tart's tick or worth getting to grips with?

Blyth's Reed Warbler - variation in hind toe colouration

Do wardens eat their own young? - a full report

Free with this issue - a gift now worth absolutely nothing -
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Editorial

Regular readers will noticed that Not BB has adopted a new, smaller format in an effort to save on printing and paper costs. To help overcome financial problems, Not BB enterprises have purchased 10,000 acres of boggy wasteland in Sutherland with the intention of planting Sitka Spruce Tringa nebulariser. As a consequence, we will become self sufficient in paper pulp within ten years, will enhance the potential of a potentially barren area with a tree planting scheme and - more importantly - make a real killing from government grants and tax concessions. We trust that readers will appreciate this ecologically sound solution to maintaining subscriptions at their present level.

The editorial office has just received a copy of a rather underhand publication purporting to be a journal for enthusiastic spotters, or is it just a hilarious spoof? Calling itself British Birds, it has as much relevance to the national avifauna as the Bangkok Bird Fanciers' Gazette. It is so blatantly modelled on our august publication that we are left speechless at one JCV "the Shark" Shamrock. Doubtless, our readers will feel as appalled, outraged and "ever-so'piqued" as us over such blatant plagiarism. We assume that they will have the good taste to steer well clear of this opportunistic, one-off production.

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