Heartland Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 I see CRT are offering a canal boat holiday if you can work out where the Heron is on the canal side. Perhaps only botanists should apply as the flora would need identification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacchus Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 By not adding the picture or a link, you have certainly added a layer of complexity to, what sounds like, an already intriguing puzzle. Guess what the picture looks like, then work out where it's taken? Of course the irony is that anyone who knows the entire canal network well enough to work out where a picture of a heron is taken, probably doesn't need to win a canal holiday... they might prefer a week in Benidorm (c: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 44 minutes ago, Bacchus said: Of course the irony is that anyone who knows the entire canal network well enough to work out where a picture of a heron is taken, probably doesn't need to win a canal holiday... they might prefer a week in Benidorm (c: I suspect the competition might be to spot where in the picture the heron is (having been photoshopped out), rather than where on the system the photo was taken. In the same vein as the "Spot the ball" competitions popular when I was a yoof. But for now the main task is to figure out where to find the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 I got that email as well, try this link https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/actnowforcanals-and-look-after-the-blue-and-green-space-on-your-doorstep/protect-canals-for-nature/survey?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mktg_newsletter_130&utm_content=actnowsth&utm_term=image&mkt_tok=MjYwLUhVTy0wNDYAAAGDoqw6JROlrpylvpTJNZSJn17AL7p2Megv2qdB22n82OeVswgxk5o5HGpJ4adzYPC2wBj5LZ-yzNY4TEFAYmMuRtKfWL06n4hzM8xZM8etFw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, buccaneer66 said: I got that email as well, try this link https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/actnowforcanals-and-look-after-the-blue-and-green-space-on-your-doorstep/protect-canals-for-nature/survey?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mktg_newsletter_130&utm_content=actnowsth&utm_term=image&mkt_tok=MjYwLUhVTy0wNDYAAAGDoqw6JROlrpylvpTJNZSJn17AL7p2Megv2qdB22n82OeVswgxk5o5HGpJ4adzYPC2wBj5LZ-yzNY4TEFAYmMuRtKfWL06n4hzM8xZM8etFw Ah thanks. Photo reproduced below. Can anyone see a heron in it anywhere?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, MtB said: Ah thanks. Photo reproduced below. Can anyone see a heron in it anywhere?? it's so obvious, if you look just to the very far left and squint you can see the tip of a herons beak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, MtB said: Ah thanks. Photo reproduced below. Can anyone see a heron in it anywhere?? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 It's because they stand so still. Wait til it moves, then you'll see it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, MtB said: I suspect the competition might be to spot where in the picture the heron is (having been photoshopped out), rather than where on the system the photo was taken. In the same vein as the "Spot the ball" competitions popular when I was a yoof. But for now the main task is to figure out where to find the photo! I used to use a pin to stick on the photo. When I heard a spurt of air, that was the ball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacchus Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Tonka said: I used to use a pin to stick on the photo. When I heard a spurt of air, that was the ball so, in this case, when you smell fish you've found the heron? 2 hours ago, MtB said: I suspect the competition might be to spot where in the picture the heron is (having been photoshopped out), rather than where on the system the photo was taken. In the same vein as the "Spot the ball" competitions popular when I was a yoof. But for now the main task is to figure out where to find the photo! Ok in the spirit of the game... (although I think the reflection might give it away...🧐) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 I was looking for Terence Conran. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted April 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 There I was thinking that a canal forum "David Bellamy" might rush out of the foliage and say "it s a canal" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Heartland said: There I was thinking that a canal forum "David Bellamy" might rush out of the foliage and say "it s a canal" ! I agree. It definitely looks like the heron (I've spotted it now) is standing in the canal. Hope that helps someone win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 Do i get extra points for spotting a goldfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacchus Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Hudds Lad said: Do i get extra points for spotting a goldfish? If you can hit it with a ping-pong ball, you can take it home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted April 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Now the question is was the bird photoshopped or not ? Here is a real one on the canal in Worcester. And the habitat looks better too ! Edited April 11, 2022 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 51 minutes ago, Heartland said: Now the question is was the bird photoshopped or not ? Here is a real one on the canal in Worcester. And the habitat looks better too ! Definitely looks more environmentally-friendly due to being photographed on a potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 I misread the title and spent ages looking for the halibut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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