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By Nigel Tranter

Ardrinish Bay, at the west coast of Kintyre, is celebrated for wild chicken, waders and sea birds. a few of the locals have constantly exercised their rights to shoot wild poultry among high and low tide marks. The chicken inhabitants additionally draws bird-watchers. necessarily, this resulted in a clash of curiosity. A war of words among the various pursuits and their supporters finally occurred and attracted national Press insurance. The neighborhood sideline of illicit distilling of whisky and smuggling of responsibility loose items used to be at risk of being uncovered – yet fortunately the invention of an osprey's nest resulted in the go back of cause.
The conflict created as hilarious a typhoon as ever ruffled the waters of the Hebridean Sea.

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