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1  What is the principal diet of the Acorn Woodpecker in winter?

2  What is the principal diet of the Sandwich Tern?

3  Are there more Critically Endangered birds or Critically Endangered amphibians?

4  What are ‘duck stamps’ used for in the USA?

5  The activities of which species of bird led to the abandonment of a Parliamentary Bill in the House of Commons in 1607?

6  Which has the longer bill – Sword-billed Hummingbird or Greenshank?

7  Who, born 100 years ago in September, first described the Greenland White-fronted Goose?

8  Which former Warden of Dungeness Bird Observatory and subsequent Head of Reserves Management at the RSPB died on 26th March 2009?

9  What is a haggard hawk or falcon?

10  Which of the following birds does not exist: Sicklebill, Scythebill, Spadebill, Secateurbill?

11  From what protein are feathers made principally?

12  What birds may be Bronze-winged, Comb-crested and Pheasant-tailed?

13  To what was John Clare referring when he wrote: ‘Ah, could I see a spinney nigh/A paddock riding in the sky Above the oaks, in easy sail/On stilly wings and forked tail’?

14  What red-legged birds are depicted on the coat of arms of Canterbury?

15  How many species of bunting are included in the suite of 19 birds included in the Farmland Bird Index?

16  For a bonus, name two of the three.

17  Who is Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds?

18  When was the Ornithological Society of the Middle East founded?

19  Which wader first bred in Britain in 1938 and now numbers a few hundred breeding pairs?

20  What European country has the Great Bustard as its national bird?