#471: Topper Spotters

In many towns, a secret army of knitters gathers to plot their latest raid.... sometimes they are called 'yard bombers' or 'guerrilla knitters'.

Their target is the tops of post boxes, and periodically a new postbox topper will appear - often themed around a local event, or a national day of recognition for something in particular. Sometimes they appear in the night, and nobody is really sure who put them there. They are usually secured with cables because there are some horrible people who would otherwise steal them.

My idea is to try to collect together examples of these creations which have a natural history related theme and start a gallery of them. 

I use Flickr for this. Free accounts are available with limited storage capacity.

If you get off the train at Ely station, you will see a large red hare, which is the image used to advertise one of the local train networks: Greater Anglia.

Students will gain points for spotting natural history on post box toppers.

Points to be awarded for spotting a new topper for the first time as well.

Add them to the FLICKR ALBUM I've started.

Here's one to get you started.

Image: Alan Parkinson - shared on Flickr under CC license.