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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Cracking review of Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2009 on Birdguides.com

The hefty package that dropped through the letterbox the other day held great promise, as I was expecting my review copy of the Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report for 2009. The nation's premier birding county is a veritable mecca for birders from across the country, so big things are always expected of the report.

Published by the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society (N&NNS), the report certainly delivers and is a comprehensive summary of the year, with plenty of background information to while away many an evening. The individual articles make good reading, pitched at various levels for the widely differing readership. There is a real focus on 'forms' as well, with articles looking at the occurrence of 'Greenland' Common Redpoll, Icelandic Redwing and eastern Lesser Whitethroat, although the lack of promised sketches with the latter was unfortunate. Adding to this are documentation of the first modern breeding records of Red Kite — and a summary of the last historical record — and a summary of the origins of Great Yarmouth's Mediterranean Gulls.

It's easy to just focus on the birds, but the mammal report is also a cracking read. It is as complete as any I've seen, and includes maps and details accounts of most species. The account of the county's second record of Sowerby's Beaked Whale is an exciting read, but perhaps the less said about the photo of the straight-sided penis of a Whiskered Bat the better.

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