Seabird call quiz
|16:01 UK time, Tuesday, 3 August 2010
It's National Marine Week and to a nature lover what could be more evocative of the seaside than the sound of calling seabirds overhead?
But how well do you really know your seabirds? Can you tell the call of the gannet from that of the puffin, or the cry of the manx shearwater from the kittiwake's? Test your knowledge by identifying the common shoreline visitors from the sound clips below (in case you're wondering... none of the birds listed above are featured). If you get them all (or even if you don't) post your answers below.
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Remember to tune in to Radio 4 at 2.45pm on Sunday for A Guide To Coastal Birds and find out more about our estuary dwellers with Brett Westwood and sound recordist extraordinaire Chris Watson.
We'll post the answers on Tuesday 10 August. Good luck!
Update: We've posted the quiz answers now, how did you do?
Comment number 1.
At 17:39 3rd Aug 2010, Katherine Birkett wrote:1 - Herring Gull
2 - Gannet
3 - Oystercatcher (accompanied by a Black-headed Gull at one point)
4 - Common Tern
5 - Guillemot?
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Comment number 2.
At 22:03 5th Aug 2010, grebelet wrote:1) herring gull
2) lesser black backed gull (i haven't got the ear to tell herring and LBB apart)
3) oystercatcher
4) tern
5) red necked phalarope (i haven't a clue, so went for the bizarre)
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Comment number 3.
At 23:29 8th Aug 2010, tootsietim wrote:1, lesser black back.
2, herring gull,
3, oystercatcher,
4, common tern,
5, arctic tern,
possibly.
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Comment number 4.
At 16:04 14th Aug 2010, Will wrote:1, Herring Gull
2, Black Back Gull
3, Oystercatcher
4, Common Tern
5, Not a Clue
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