As many will be aware, we run a monthly poll on the best bird found by a member of the group, with the winners of these monthly votes going forward to an Annual poll on the best find of the year.
The Irish Rare And Scarce Bird News Group is delighted to announce that the Annual poll for 2023 will be sponsored by Swarovski Optik and by Robert Vaughan Illustrations
#seetheunseen
The winner of the Annual Poll will receive a pair of Swarovski 8.5x42 EL Binoculars
We are sure neither Swarovski or the now famous EL range of binoculars need any introduction, considered by many to be one of the best optics manufacturers, and best models available for decades now.
2nd place will win an original painting of their bird by the excellent Robert Vaughan Illustrations
As the best find competition is associated with tangible prizes, it's important to note that contenders for the poll must be verifiable (i.e verifiably photographed, video recorded or well twitched. Shouldn't be a problem, generally the biggest, best twitched birds tend to capture the imagination and receive the most votes.)
As with our other competitions, we also ask that birders drop news of their find in good time here in the group to qualify, in the spirit of instant rare bird information sharing for which this group was established.
Any draws, be it in the monthly polls or the final annual poll will be decided by vote among the admin team.
Should any winner be a co-find, people will simply have to work out a way to share prizes, however favor is obviously given to the finder who reports the news here in the group.
Download the Band app and Join Ireland's Best Rare Bird News group here https://band.us/@irishrareandscarce
Good Bird Finding for 2023.
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