Here is the quiz: Mystery Bird 1 I have a red and yellow head I have a grey back I am often considered as a winter wildfowl What am I? Mystery Bird 2 I am a very secretive bird I am a relative of the grey heron I like to hide in reedbeds What amContinue reading “The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 11”
Monthly Archives: July 2020
So many birds!
We parked the car. We were at stover country park and looking for some birds. We started walking. The path was absolutely alive with birds hopping along, with 4 robins, 2 woodpigeons and 3 blackbirds. We walked down to the edge of the lake and there, were about 50 mallards. Mostly moulting individuals with aContinue reading “So many birds!”
The Ultimate Bird Quiz Answers: Week 10
Here are the answers! Mystery Bird 1 I have a bright pink breast I have a grey back I have a black head I am a bullfinch! Mystery Bird 2 I am quite a tall bird I am quite grey I am often seen standing in shallow water I am a grey heron! Mystery BirdContinue reading “The Ultimate Bird Quiz Answers: Week 10”
The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 10
I have decided to revisit one of the old quiz themes I did. Here are the questions: Mystery Bird 1 I have a bright pink-red breast I have a grey back I have a black head What bird am I? Mystery Bird 2 I am a very tall bird I am quite grey I amContinue reading “The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 10”
The Ultimate Bird Quiz Answers: Week 9
The Arctic skua is on the red list for conservation The black tern is on the green list for conservation The common redpoll is on the amber list for conservation The corncrake is on the red list for conservation The garden warbler is on the green list for conservation Did you get 100%?
The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 9
Again, I am running a bit late but they are still coming out. Here are the questions What conservation list is the arctic skua on in the UK? 2. What conservation list is the black tern on in the UK? 3. What conservation list is the common redpoll on in the UK? 4. What conservationContinue reading “The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 9”
The Ultimate Bird Quiz Answers: Week 8
Sorry they are a bit late, but here they are anyway: The last time a red breasted goose was sighted in Devon was at Bowling Green Marsh 2. Britain’s rarest harrier is the pallid harrier, only recorded around 5-10 times. 3. Cretzschmar’s bunting is rarer in the UK than the ortolan bunting. 4. Britain’s mostContinue reading “The Ultimate Bird Quiz Answers: Week 8”
Short Stories: The Laughing Woodpeckers
I was in the kitchen, reading a book when suddenly, I heard a familiar call. A call that sounded like laughing. I rushed to the kitchen window and looked up into the ash tree. I could then pinpoint the origin of the sound. An adult green woodpecker. It was hopping up the branches of theContinue reading “Short Stories: The Laughing Woodpeckers”
The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 8
This time, the Quiz is themed with rarities. Here are the questions: What was the site where a red breasted goose was sighted last in Devon so far? 2. What is Britain’s rarest harrier? 3. Which of these buntings is rarer in the UK, Ortolan or cretzschmar’s? 4. What is the UK’s most localised titContinue reading “The Ultimate Bird Quiz: Week 8”
Bird Spotlights: The Gannet
Plumage The adult gannet has a yellow head, a white back and a white front. The juvenile is nearly the same except it has a speckled brown plumage. Diet Gannets will only eat fish. They are famous for the way they catch them though. They fly as high as they can, and then fold theirContinue reading “Bird Spotlights: The Gannet”
The Bovey Birder 