Chough Junior Bird Name Quiz Number 3 Spring Migrants

We hope you enjoyed the first two of our Bird Name Quizzes! Our third Bird Name Quiz is on the theme of Spring Migrants, I hope you enjoy the questions and hopefully you will see some of the species involved in the coming weeks as they head back from Africa.

1) 'Small Straw' is an old Yorkshire saying for this commonly occurring Sylvia Warbler which is often heard singing from hedges and scrub?

2) 'Chuck Furze' is an old East Anglian term for this delightful migratory Chat which is sadly reducing in numbers. The 'Chuck' probably relates to it's call and furze perhaps describes the rough moorland habitat in which it favours to breed, what is it?

3) Who would have thought a  'Cherry Chopper' was a bird? It is a rustic Worcestershire name for this late spring migrant which is often seen perched out in the open ready to catch passing insects, sadly they are now a rare sight in Cornwall. Can you guess what it is?

4) The 'Chan Chider' is a noisy Acro Warbler that will start to arrive in a few days time to a reedbed or scrub patch near you.... what is it's more common name?

5) I do like a 'Jack Squealer'! Their screams overhead remind me of balmy summer weather as they zip across the sky, can you guess what species it is?

6) There's plenty of 'Petty Chaps' in Cornwall and beyond! They chortle away in the background and are usually hidden out of sight. If you do see one they are famous for being pretty plain and nondescript! Can you guess which warbler this ancient Sheffield term refers to?

7) The name 'Cricket Teal' is an East Anglian term for this delightful duck, the only species which migrates to and from Africa to breed in the UK?

8) You'd be very lucky to find a 'Cuckoos Marrow' in Spring, it is always cryptic and many more arrive in the Autumn, can you guess what it is?

9) This isn't a typo! A Northumberland name from the 1700's the 'Cold Finch' isn't a Finch at all but if you see a male in the spring it will always be a day to remember. What is it's more common name? 

10) The 'Night Reeler' was the old Fenland name for this rare warbler of reedbeds, can you guess it's modern name?

Answers will be posted tomorrow as usual, we'd be delighted to know how you get on.