Statistics for British Birds

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Common black garden bird, females are brown.	Blackbird	96%
2nd Smallest Uk bird.	Wren	70%
The fastest animal alive.	Peregrine Falcon	64%
RSPB Mascot.	Avocet	56%
Bird often considered parasitic to some songbirds.	Cuckoo	55%
Also known as a Green Plover or Peewit.	Lapwing	55%
Smallest UK Bird.	Firecrest/Goldcrest	54%
Likes fast moving streams and is considered semi-aquatic.	Dipper	52%
Males make a booming breeding call. Numbers are on the rise.	Bittern	50%
Smallest Woodpecker.	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	47%
Smallest species of duck.	Teal	40%
The largest finch, most common in the Forest of Dean.	Hawfinch	37%
Raptor that is able to catch Swifts in level flight.	Hobby	36%
Least common bird in family Corvidae.	Chough	35%
Most populous bird in the UK	House Sparrow	32%
This Warbler is named after a certain National Park.	Dartford Warbler	22%
Migrate from Scandinavia and Russia to spend winter.	Waxwing	19%
Arrived in the 50s, now incredibly successful.	Collared Dove	18%
Often heard but rarely seen on a trip to the Reedbeds.	Water Rail	13%
Often flock with Pied Wagtails in the winter.	Longtailed Tit	4%