On Apr 8, 11:45*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 8/4/08 16:52, in article
, "Cat(h)"





wrote:
On Apr 8, 2:40*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 8/4/08 10:40, in article , "Donna

Ludlow" wrote:
Dunnock???

Very much looks like it. *It was certainly on its own and was fossicking
about at the base of a laurel hedge. *I think that may well be it and now
I'm going to have to go and see if I can see it again! * I'll throw some
seed out where I first spotted it. *Thank you, Donna.

Hmmm.. *Fossicking. *I've just learned a new word.
Thanks Sacha!

Cat(h)

;-) *I have no idea of its origins or even if it's a 'real' word but it does
describe such an action perfectly.
Oh, it does exist (I looked it up as soon as I saw it), and it is
exactly appropriate to what you described. Which is why I find it
such a fantastic new word for my collection :-)

Cat(h)