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Douze points

10,000 Birds

The winner gains the accolades and honour of hosting the countries of Greater Europe for the next contest. Europe’s most celebrated songster, the Nightingale, will be signalling his return to the northern breeding grounds. Perhaps it is because there are now 39 entries (how many European countries can you name?) v=zqLmbsFKBDE.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

There had been works on falconry before Frederick’s time: treatises on falconry date back to the 10 th century in Europe, and King Harold of England (of Battle of Hastings fame) reputedly owned the largest collection of volumes devoted to the subject in all of Europe.

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