Troll, ahh but it's not merely British. It's *Manx* (and with a nice tail even, unlike the kittiecats of said lineage); and *Welsh*! This is a noble bird. OK now, comeallye bold BritKittie'Cats: who's been to this "...Bardsey, an island off the Lleyn peninsula in north Wales"? (And, were the rocks very slippery?)

"...Appleton told CNN: 'Not only is this bird considerably older than you would expect, it is still breeding.'" See there? It might be a Forum member.

"...'It comes to land only during the breeding season, when it seeks out an island where it can dig a burrow,' he said." By God, it IS a Mudcatter! This calls for a new shanty group. I got it: Manx Shearwater Survival.

"The oldest wild bird ever found was a royal albatross..." One could analogize to the Windsors here...but No, not now, t'aint fittin'; sorry. Anyway they're popular again, right?

"...The previous oldest known wild bird in Britain was also a Manx shearwater, recorded in 1996 in Northern Ireland aged 41." Yes; I believe he now sits (roosts?) on the NI Assembly. North Antrim constituency. DUP I think. :)

Troll, why am *I* trying to live up to *your* name here? Better stick to my own & go Invisible. Quick. :)