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  1. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    1. Great White Plunger = Gannet 2. Seashore Highwayman = Ringed Plover 3. Rosy Hedge-flasher = 4. Sepia Bullybird = 5. Black Dancer = 6. Cinnamon-winged Songster = Common Whitethroat 7. Black-headed Scrub Songster = Sardinian Warbler (that's the rare vagrant out the way) 8. Masked Songster =...
  2. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    2 and 7 incorrect ...
  3. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Seashore. Feel free to post up what you've got ...
  4. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Ok, time for the (... drumroll ... ) Big Reveal - Reed Bunting. Obviously being far too cryptic (although to be fair it is a fairly cryptic species). One of Bill Oddie's (Bloody, gettit? ;-) ) claims to fame was finding a Pallas's Reed Bunting (mega rare vagrant to UK). Unfortunately, time...
  5. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    1. Great White Plunger 2. Seashore Highwayman 3. Rosy Hedge-flasher 5. Sepia Bullybird 4. Black Dancer 6. Cinnamon-winged Songster 7. Black-headed Scrub Songster 8. Masked Songster 9. Superb River-Jewel All UK/Europe (well one a rare vagrant to the UK) To give others a chance, feel free to...
  6. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    No-one has got this one yet. Maybe far too cryptic. I'll post it up tomorrow, unless anyone has a little black book to hand in the meantime ...
  7. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Nope (experimenting with the sad face above to indicate same).
  8. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Nope ... EDIT: Lateral thinking required perhaps, and you may be a at a disadvantage on this one ...
  9. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Breaking the rules already (no patronyms) B'loody Bunting ... (Hope it's not too obscure)
  10. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    The bit in bold was meant to be followed by a smiley of course - this thread was inspired (if that is the right word?) by the AOS bird naming proposal thread - https://www.birdforum.net/threads/aos-to-discard-patronyms-in-english-names.447338/ and is meant to be a light hearted place to make...
  11. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Wind Hover and Stormcock are already existing names for British birds - both rather apt, if you know the behaviour ...
  12. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    That would have to be Corncrake then? ... ;-) More of a dumpling?
  13. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    I'd go for those too ... How about Pelagic Bananabill and Montane Bananabill?? ;-) (Because it's only fun, I guess family names don't have to follow strictly by science ... )
  14. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    I have a couple people may have heard of already, one I think I made up, the other in more general use ... Worm-eating Eagle Bananabill
  15. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    I was in the middle of saying I hadn't got anything when it occurred to me!
  16. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    I'm trying to think of a glossy capped bird even ... Given the contrast to the other bird, we're not talking Marsh Tit are we? (Doesn't dig it's own nests)
  17. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    You're welcome ... your go if you want ... (btw I nearly confused myself over the 'yore's there lol)
  18. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    Nope ... sorry. (Europe wasn't meant to be an equivalence to Eurasia btw, I just was being general ;-) A country can do instead, and not necessarily necessary, but may help people hone in-on, considering the internationalness of the forum ...)
  19. dantheman

    Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name

    An appropriate descriptive/guessable name, maybe more appropriate than it's existing one, or maybe not in some cases. No patronyms or derogatory place names please. An easy one to start, hopefully - ?? New name (plus part of the world found in) Pied Flufftail (Europe) = ???
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