The Birdwatcher
“His head still ached. He tried frying a mackerel but when he looked at it, its opaque stare unsettled him. He put the cooked fish back in the fridge.
After washing up, he checked his email. There was one from the WPC with the red hair and birthmark on her face: ‘Here you go. Hope it makes sense xx.’ It was a spreadsheet of dates, times and locations going back ninety days. He’d never used the ANPR number plate recognition system before; the depth of the data was an eye-opener. Effectively it recorded the movements of every car in Britain, using data from automatic cameras, some at the roadside and some on police vehicles. The list contained details of sightings of the registration he’d written down at Wiccomb caravan site, ordered by date. Only when he printed it out did he realise how long it was; it came to twelve pages. He made himself a pot of tea and sat at his table crossing out all the entries from around Durham. He was left with just eight sightings in the South East, all of t...hem within four days of each other.MoreLess
After washing up, he checked his email. There was one from the WPC with the red hair and birthmark on her face: ‘Here you go. Hope it makes sense xx.’ It was a spreadsheet of dates, times and locations going back ninety days. He’d never used the ANPR number plate recognition system before; the depth of the data was an eye-opener. Effectively it recorded the movements of every car in Britain, using data from automatic cameras, some at the roadside and some on police vehicles. The list contained details of sightings of the registration he’d written down at Wiccomb caravan site, ordered by date. Only when he printed it out did he realise how long it was; it came to twelve pages. He made himself a pot of tea and sat at his table crossing out all the entries from around Durham. He was left with just eight sightings in the South East, all of t...hem within four days of each other.MoreLess
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