I'd like to congratulate Nick Derry on his award, and add a little to John's account. We were very lucky on the boat trip as the sea for once was flat calm. I'm pretty sure that the chum was provided by Nick's birding companion Jonathan Clarke, who worked in a chippy on Northgate Street between studies.
I remember meeting Nick out birding one day and being hugely impressed by his ability to produce a high quality sketch at such speed, seemingly without taking his eye from his scope.