Birdwatcher

Birdwatcher stumbles upon £800,000 hoard of 2,000-year-old Celtic gold coins

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A birdwatcher has stumbled across a hoard of 2,000-year-old Celtic gold coins worth £800,000 that date back to the time Boudicca was at war with the Romans. The keen metal detectorist, who has not been named, spotted a glint of gold while looking at a buzzard in a recently ploughed field in eastern England.  Having … Read more

Birdwatcher who filmed Amy Cooper says the incident ‘pulled the pin on the race grenade’

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Christian Cooper, the black man who filmed a disturbing confrontation with white dog walker Amy Cooper in Central Park last month, says the incident ‘pulled the pin on the race grenade’ that later exploded nationwide following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Harvard graduate Christian, 57, had been bird watching in an area of … Read more

Bird-watcher ‘unsure how he feels’ about firing of white investment banker dubbed Central Park Karen

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The black man targeted by a white woman who hysterically called the cops on him after he simply asked her to put a leash on her dog in Central Park, says he can’t see how her firing ‘addresses the underlying racial issues’. Amy Cooper, 41, was terminated from her job as head of insurance investment solutions … Read more