Time for another blast from the past of bird names, as the last one did seem to entertain :)
This time I've split the names into groups with a theme
For those who missed the last quiz these are all old names for British birds that have fallen out of use, simply list the old name next to the current one
Birds of Prey
Who's a Pretty Boy?
Water Birds
Hope to give the answers Monday evening - unless they're all solved before then ;)
Best regardsNigel
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I'm not that old so ca't remember these names ever being used :|
what goes around comes around!
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Puttock-Harrier (Hen I think)
Blue Hawk-Peregrine
Glead-Red Kite
White Nun-male Smew
Culrwillet - Sanderling
Bitter Bum-Bittern
Reed Wren-Reed Warbler
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
Having another go
great erne-white tailed eagle
bald buzzard-marsh harrier
puttock-buzzard
blue hawk-merlin
glead-red kite
the planet-?
silk tail-?
golden thrush-golden oriel
cold finch-pied flycatcher
martinet-house martin
reed wren-reed warbler
curwillit-sanderling
bitter bum-bittern
pool snipe-redshank
white nun-male smew
A wild guess
Planet = Albatross
Mike
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The planet is a duplicate answer :)
Same please
Golden Oriole = The Planet (after the planet Mercury(Oriola)
It's both what you do and the way that you do it!
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922)
Time for the answers :)
All information taken from Bewick's British Birds Taken from the 1826 edition of Land and Water Birds
ISBN 978-1-84837-647-2 A good read ;)