Monday 18 July 2011

Coming home to roost?

Last week I watched that wonderful documentary programme called Top Gear. Dr Clarkson (I believe he has an honorary doctorate from the University of Anglia Caravan touring club) was remarking on how global warming (for what I understand he gained his doctorate) had increased the size of bird droppings.

Well what a coincidence! A day or so later, as I was driving just south of the river, past where the BSkyB headquarters are, a bird, which I identified as a Roc flew over the BskyB building.

A Roc is seldom seen in the UK outside climatically controlled buildings.  A Roc’s home environment is hot and steamy. This is very close to habitat found (I am told) in the UK only in Cannabis farms.

The bird, must have escaped from some nearby head office where it had been kept without seeing the light of day for (judging by it size) 5 to 10 years. It flew low over the BskyB headquarters. Its aim was uncanny. Fortunately I was able to take a picture before the torrential rain of the past couple of days deleted the evidence from the company hard drives – sorry washed it off.


I hope you like the sediments...