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1  Name a bird called after Gilbert White.

2  What is thought to have caused the skewing of the Wandering Albatross population on Prince Edward Island in favour of males?

3  In which year was Bird Watching magazine first published?

4  In addition to habitat loss and degradation, what particularly threatens the Critically Endangered Tumbesian endemic Pale-headed Brush-finch?

5  What species was thought to have a world population of 67,000 birds until 2.5 million were counted at Eighty Mile Beach in northwest Australia in February 2004?

6  What size ring would you use to ring a Tawny Owl?

7  Which of the following does not exist: Inaccessible Rail, Inexorable Rail, Invisible Rail or Snoring Rail?

8  In the first ever issue of Bird Watching magazine, what was the title of the article on twitching written by an extremely well-known TV personality (who doesn’t twitch)?

9  Where did the extinct pigeon, the Liverpool Pigeon Caloenas maculata, live?

10  How many chambers does the avian heart have?

11  Which Founder of a great Cambridge College first described the Dotterel as ‘morinellus’ – a little fool?

12  What do Glossy Ibis, Starling, Redstart and Dunnock eggs all have in common?

13  Who killed the Stymphalian Birds?

14  The medical condition of eating unusual substances such as dry paint, coal, excrement etc. shares a name with a common British bird’s Latin name. What is it?

15  What were the six geese doing on the 1977 Great Britain Christmas 7p stamp?

16  What species of wader bred in Wales for the first time in 2003?

17  When was the mysterious never-been-seen-in-the-wild Long-whiskered Owlet discovered?

18  How many nests have been recorded in the BTO’s Nest Record Scheme in its first 65 years?

19  What was the BTO’s Nest Record Scheme originally called?

20  Which feathers are grossly elongated on the wing of the breeding male Pennant-winged Nightjar?