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1  Which project was supported by Birdfair last year?

2  What colour is the lower mandible of the female Common Kingfisher?

3  What is a bleeding-heart?

4  What was the ornithological surname of the French winner of the gold medal in the 5,000 metres in the 1920 Olympic Games?

5  In which country was a flock of 3,200 Sociable Lapwings counted in 2007?

6  What ornithological event is believed to have caused the huge increase in the population of White-footed Mouse in the USA, resulting in an increase in Lyme disease, as the mouse is a vector of deer-ticks?

7  What Critically Endangered species from Mexico was depicted on last year’s Birdfair poster?

8  Why was the Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland in August 2006 less exciting for the finders than it might have been for a British ‘first’?

9  Is the estimated tonnage of lead shot used by hunters round the Mediterranean each year 6,000, 60,000 or 600,000 tonnes?

10  Which of the following is not extinct: Norfolk Starling, Tanimbar Starling, Mysterious Starling, Reunion Starling?

11  Which Critically Endangered species has Swarowski championed as part of BirdLife International’s Guardians and Champions project?

12  What is Scotch woodcock?

13  Name one of the three or four Critically Endangered species with a population thought to be greater than 30,000 individuals.

14  What colour is the iris of an Osprey?

15  Is the Stanley Bustard named after the 19th century British Prime Minister, Edward Stanley?

16  What name does the International Ornithological Congress recommend that we now use for Rock Dove / Rock Pigeon /Feral Pigeon/Columba livia?

17  Name one country, outside Africa, where Lesser Flamingo has bred in historical times?

18  Who illustrated both T. A. Coward’s Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs and Miss S. Vere Benson’s Observer’s Book of British Birds?

19  What was the commonest non-natural (human-related) cause of death among Spanish Imperial Eagles between 1989 and 2004?

20  What is the Red Sea Warbler more commonly called?