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What the hand adds

Each mark means one thing, so readers learn them. Each takes its wobble, turn or shape from a seed: pass one, or let its text be the seed.

HighlightThis phrase matters
The heron was already standing in the shallows The accent variant prints in the region's drum.
HandUnderlineA term, emphasized
Ardea cinerea
CircleLook here
Count at dawn: 42 waders, and one bittern
StrikeNo longer holds
Meet at the harbour sluice gate at seven.
BracketThese belong together

Note the time and the tide.

Sketch what you see before naming it.

Write the name last, and how sure you are.

SketchFrameA drawn box around a group
Which bird was it?
How many were there?
What was it doing?
WashThis area belongs to the accent
Seen today Heard only Confirmed
TapePinned to the pageLively only
A note held down with pink tape.
A note held down with green tape.
A note held down with yellow tape.
RoughRuleA section boundary


MarginNoteAn aside from the reader
check against last spring
AnnotationPoints at what it describes
72best count this yearExportnew
StampA verdict, stamped
DraftVerified Rare Recorded
GlyphHand-drawn signs
  • check
  • cross
  • plus
  • minus
  • arrow
  • bang
  • hook
  • asterisk
  • star
  • dot
  • ring
  • box
  • pit
  • lens
  • orbit
  • constellation