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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

10,000 Birds

But seeing as the month is also bookended by Hogmanay and Burns Night, we’ll gladly take the opportunity to visit– in spirits, at least – the rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland where whiskey was born and – with luck – have a look at the birds that inhabit them. Eagle and Lamb by John James Audubon (1785-1851).

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?