Blackbird Curry

Ingredients:

• A RAS on the abundant and seemingly easy to catch Blackbird (other species can be substituted)
• Friend with a project based on resighting colour ringed gulls

Recipe

• Take nets and struggle to catch blackbirds before missing season one target of 50 birds completely
• Read Facebook comment by friend, when on 32 gulls, betting a curry on the fact that they will reach 50 gulls before you reach 50 blackbirds.
• Fail to inform friend that blackbird total stands at 47 birds
• Accept bet
• Struggle to catch birds for 1 month until two more are caught
• Watch as Blackbirds evade every net put up.
• Read Facebook and twitter messages from friend as they make it into the forties
• Colour ring gulls, thus making it easier for friend.
• Read more comments; become concerned,
• Check bank balance and look up reviews of curry houses
• Catch 50th blackbird on a whim and sigh
• Claim curry via blog post 

Never, we repeat never, has a blackbird been more welcome

HP - also known as 2 poppadoms with dips followed by Thai

green fish curry with a pashwari naan and two pints and

whatever Dr V is having.