Well done to Rob too for finding the real photo!

Shame that someone felt it necessary/acceptable to try and pull the wool :(

Let's just hope this sad individual has given his bins away and taken up stamp collecting! Everybody makes mistakes at time to time, but to deliberately go out of your way to 'fabricate' a bird is beyond belief!
Well done Ian on following up your suspicions.
If you take it upon yourself to 'cheat' in this hobby- you are only cheating one person and that's yourself.

Thanks for this new article Ian, i like the photo of the string and the magnifying glass, For anyone that has not read this yet i urge you to do so, very very interesting, and also reads like a shocking Sherlock Holmes mystery, a very interesting insight into some of the strange things that go on usually unheard about regarding County Rarities, Well done for solving the puzzle,