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Wild Turkey?

A two-winged bird. My go.

{engage 1970's non-PC mode}

A German bird dancing on a pole?

A great shag with long legs. My go.

Long-tailed Tit (which is quite an amusing name )

DRT wrote:Do we have to randomly guess from the 514 possibilities or do you intend narrowing it down for us?

I thought I'd leave it an extra couple of guesses first, however...

To recap:

PhilW wrote:While attending the recent Cockburn tasting, I was lucky to see something I had never seen before, but had wanted to see for a long time. What was it?

There is a small element of clue here as yet unexplored: I saw the bird at a location extremely close to the venue; the nature of this location would provide a clue.

djewesbury wrote:It was a sparrow.

Sailing dangerously close after your response to my final guess at your last question!
I had never seen the bird before, but it is native to Britain.

No to the additional google-friendly non-PC suggestions!

Some sort of owl?

I think Phill saw some kind of bird of prey.
My guess would be: Common Buzzard

While we are talking about birds, there is story I would like to share. In a local pub, I once saw a plate commemorating the 40th anniversary of the local bird breeding society, which is traditionally named "Vogelverein" (literarily "bird society"). But there was a linguistic variant on the plate. The Umlaut was used thereby spelling it "Vögelverein".
Now it got a double meaning, because you could also translate it as "shagging society". As teenagers we joked that we should become members of the "Vögelverein".

Not a bird of prey, though I love to see them fly.

Little Bustard?

PhilW wrote:Not a bird of prey.

That rules out lots.

A nightjar.

AW77 wrote:While we are talking about birds, there is story I would like to share. In a local pub, I once saw a plate commemorating the 40th anniversary of the local bird breeding society, which is traditionally named "Vogelverein" (literarily "bird society"). But there was a linguistic variant on the plate. The Umlaut was used thereby spelling it "Vögelverein".
Now it got a double meaning, because you could also translate it as "shagging society". As teenagers we joked that we should become members of the "Vögelverein".

That's a beautiful story.

Owen, I had you in mind when I posted it. You seem interested in linguistic matters.

A stork?

PhilW wrote:

PhilW wrote:While attending the recent Cockburn tasting, I was lucky to see something I had never seen before, but had wanted to see for a long time. What was it?

There is a small element of clue here as yet unexplored: I saw the bird at a location extremely close to the venue; the nature of this location would provide a clue.

I saw the bird while standing on the bridge at the entrance to the Japanese garden at the back of the grounds in which the hotel is set. The garden has many water pools, a stream and lots of trees, shrubs and other foliage.

No to bustards, nightjar and stork.

A Kingfisher?

A Heron?

LGTrotter wrote:A Kingfisher?

It was a kingfisher, which flew along the stream and landed on the branch of a tree at head height about 25ft in front of me, stayed there for almost a minute before flying away with an amazing display of colour. Your question.

A fantastic sight, it is one of the only birds I see which makes my heart go fast.

A lovely sight to an unlovely one.

My wife has seemed a little jaded this weekend. To cheer her up I wandered into the bedroom this morning in an outfit and it worked. It consisted of 3 items. What were they?

I am unsure if I want all the items or just one.

A cape, a hat and a codpiece?

You were wearing a a foam "red nose", a jester's cap and a pair of pants

Sandals, a sword and a Viking hat?

A noodle sieve, a pair of traditional bavarian lederhosen and a chocolade bar kept between your upper lip and nose as a kind of moustache

Leather chaps, playboy bunny tail and one of those arrow-through-the-head things.

Kingfishers are indeed amazing. Saw one in Dublin about 20 years ago and haven't seen one since but I still remember it.

I was wearing a hat, but I think I need you to be a bit more specific. One of the other items is a pair. The final item is associated with being outside.

Actually now I come to think of it they are all associated with being outside.

djewesbury wrote:Kingfishers are indeed amazing. Saw one in Dublin about 20 years ago and haven't seen one since but I still remember it.

I saw one this year making about four or five in total.

None of the items are unusual of themselves.

You were wearing a Kazakh chiefs hat, a pair of yellow breeches and an old army parka

Oven glove

Mrs T says an apron, a feather duster and rubber gloves.

DRT says comedy glasses with moustache (1 item), a bowler hat and a cane.

No nearer so far.

I haven't actually done this, I just wanted to get some ideas together.

Sorry just realised that Mrs T (she of the newly wedded bliss, Huzzah) has identified gloves, but not yellow rubber. I only want one item but just a bit more description on the hat or gloves. I would not be missed in the last item.

Bobble hat, mittens and hi-visibility jacket

Batting gloves, a box and a crash helmet?

PhilW wrote:hi-visibility jacket

Ta-da. Yes; the final item was a high vis. jacket much favoured by politicians at factories.

In your own time Phil.

Earlier this year my wife and I went to a non-London theatre to see a performance which it had not been possible to see in the UK for several years; it was just as good (phenomenally good, in fact) as we remembered from several years ago. What did we see?

A Passion Play?

Was it a musical performance?

What was the name of it?

(Sorry, trying to catch you off guard..)

Barnum at Chichester.

JWEW wrote:A Passion Play?

DRT wrote:Was it a musical performance?

djewesbury wrote:What was the name of it?

It was not a play; however the performers certainly played their instruments with passion.
Music was played; No, I'm not telling you the name (yet).

djewesbury wrote:Barnum at Chichester.

Neither Barnum, nor at Chichester.

It was not a play. Music was played, 'with passion'.
Was it a performance by a re-formed group from the 1970s?

djewesbury wrote:It was not a play. Music was played, 'with passion'.
Was it a performance by a re-formed group from the 1970s?

Not Daniel’s guess.

Oops. Sorry.

Was it a performance by a re-formed group?

.. from the 1970s?

Do you like what I did there?

Fleetwood Mac?

DRT wrote:Do you like what I did there?

I do. But then you followed it up with the words Fleetwood Mac.
The Eagles?