When he's not wearing brown leather jackets with elasticated cuffs and driving cars really fast while shouting, Jeremy Clarkson loves to spy on birds through his binoculars.

Easy there, legal representatives of Mr. Clarkson - we mean "birds" in the 'they have feathers, beaks, squawk and lay eggs' sense of the word (although if you throw Jodie Marsh into the equation, it blurs the boundaries).

 

His wife blew the whistle on his manly and 'global warming be damned' TV persona by revealing he loves nothing better than a bit of twitching.

 

Here's what Francie Clarkson had to say on the matter: "Jeremy has been interested in birds for as long as I've known him and is quite knowledgeable about them. I wouldn't say he's a budding Bill Oddie - although he'd love to have the time to - but he has been known to go on walks around our holiday home with binoculars to spot birds. He can certainly tell the difference between an eagle and a sparrow."

 

Erm, knowing the difference between an eagle and a sparrow does not make you an ornithologist. That is something that you learn at primary school. Not that we are suggesting for a second that Jeremy has the mental age of an eight-year-old. Oh no.

 

by HorseWorm