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feedback5="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Dunnock, a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area. They inhabit any well vegetated areas with scrub, brambles and hedges, and keep largely on the ground and often close to cover. When two rival males come together they become animated with lots of wing-flicking and loud calling." | feedback5="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Dunnock, a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area. They inhabit any well vegetated areas with scrub, brambles and hedges, and keep largely on the ground and often close to cover. When two rival males come together they become animated with lots of wing-flicking and loud calling." | ||
feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Dunnock, a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area. The Tree Creeper has a long, slender, downcurved bill, its underside is mainly white and, as its name indicates, it lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks." | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Dunnock, a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area. The Tree Creeper has a long, slender, downcurved bill, its underside is mainly white and, as its name indicates, it lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks." | ||
− | feedback2="''' | + | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Dunnock, a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area. The Nuthatch is actually a plump bird with a blue-grey back and whitish underside, with chestnut on its sides and under its tail and a long black stripe covering its eyes." |
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feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Wren, one of the smallest birds in the UK. Its plumage takes in different brownish tones, it has an almost rounded shape, a fine bill and a narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. A Dunnock is a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area." | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Wren, one of the smallest birds in the UK. Its plumage takes in different brownish tones, it has an almost rounded shape, a fine bill and a narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. A Dunnock is a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area." | ||
feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Wren, one of the smallest birds in the UK. Its plumage takes in different brownish tones, it has an almost rounded shape, a fine bill and a narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. The female Chaffinch is quite similar to a female House Sparrow, with their thick beaks, but the male has a beautiful reddish underside plumage that goes up until the face and makes the species easily recognizable." | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Wren, one of the smallest birds in the UK. Its plumage takes in different brownish tones, it has an almost rounded shape, a fine bill and a narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. The female Chaffinch is quite similar to a female House Sparrow, with their thick beaks, but the male has a beautiful reddish underside plumage that goes up until the face and makes the species easily recognizable." | ||
− | feedback2="''' | + | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Wren, one of the smallest birds in the UK. Its plumage takes in different brownish tones, it has an almost rounded shape, a fine bill and a narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. Both the male and female Robin have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside." |
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feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Robin. Both the male and female have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside. A Dunnock is a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area." | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Robin. Both the male and female have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside. A Dunnock is a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area." | ||
feedback1="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Robin. Both the male and female have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside. Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders." | feedback1="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Robin. Both the male and female have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside. Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders." | ||
− | feedback2="''' | + | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Robin. Both the male and female have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside. The female Chaffinch is quite similar to a female House Sparrow, with their thick beaks, but the male also has a beautiful reddish underside plumage that goes up until the face. Unlike the Robin, the Chaffinch has the typical thick bill of finches." |
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feedback5="'''Correct.''' This is a female Blackbird. Although the males have a distinctive black plumage, the female blackbird is brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts. However, both males and females possess a characteristic bright orange beaks and eye rings. They are one of the commonest UK birds, residing here all year long." | feedback5="'''Correct.''' This is a female Blackbird. Although the males have a distinctive black plumage, the female blackbird is brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts. However, both males and females possess a characteristic bright orange beaks and eye rings. They are one of the commonest UK birds, residing here all year long." | ||
feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This is a female Blackbird. Although the males have a distinctive black plumage, the female blackbird is brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts. However, both males and females possess a characteristic bright orange beaks and eye rings. Starlings’ adult plumage may seem black in the distance, but it is actually very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens, and they do not possess the orange eye rings." | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This is a female Blackbird. Although the males have a distinctive black plumage, the female blackbird is brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts. However, both males and females possess a characteristic bright orange beaks and eye rings. Starlings’ adult plumage may seem black in the distance, but it is actually very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens, and they do not possess the orange eye rings." | ||
− | feedback2="''' | + | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This is a female Blackbird. Although the males have a distinctive black plumage, the female blackbird is brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts. However, both males and females possess a characteristic bright orange beaks and eye rings. A Pied Wagtail has black and white plumage, a black beak and a long-rectangular tail that, in accordance to their common name, they frequently “wag”." |
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+ | </WikiQuiz> | ||
+ | <WikiQuiz | ||
+ | questionnumber="8" | ||
+ | question="What species of Passerine bird is this?" | ||
+ | choice3="Nightingale (''Luscinia megarhynchos'')" | ||
+ | choice4="Song Thrush (''Turdus philomelos'')" | ||
+ | choice5="Blackbird (''Turdus merula'')" | ||
+ | choice1="House Sparrow (''Passer domesticus'')" | ||
+ | choice2="Nuthatch (''Sitta europaea'')" | ||
+ | correctchoice="4" | ||
+ | feedback3="'''Incorrect!''' This species is called a Song Thrush, with its brown and light cream plumage and white underside speckled with darker spots. Nightingales are smaller birds, only slighter larger than a Robin, with different tones of brown plumage and no spots." | ||
+ | feedback4="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Song Thrush, with its brown and light cream plumage and white underside speckled with darker spots. It likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head. Their numbers are declining dangerously, making it a Red List species." | ||
+ | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Song Thrush, with its brown and light cream plumage and white underside speckled with darker spots. Although the female blackbird is brown, often with spots and streaks on their breasts, the spots are not dark and, like the completely black males, they have distinctive bright orange beaks and eye rings." | ||
+ | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Song Thrush, with its brown and light cream plumage and white underside speckled with darker spots. House Sparrows are smaller, without the white spotted underside, and with a characteristically thick “finch-like” beak." | ||
+ | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Song Thrush, with its brown and light cream plumage and white underside speckled with darker spots. The Nuthatch is actually a plump bird with a blue-grey back and whitish underside, with chestnut on its sides and under its tail and a long black stripe covering its eyes." | ||
+ | image= "Image:Irish Setter.jpg"> | ||
+ | </WikiQuiz> | ||
+ | <WikiQuiz | ||
+ | questionnumber="9" | ||
+ | question="What species of Passerine bird is this?" | ||
+ | choice3="Blue Tit (''Cyanistes caeruleus'')" | ||
+ | choice4="Great Tit (''Parus major'')" | ||
+ | choice5="Dunnock (''Prunella modularis'')" | ||
+ | choice1="Coal Tit (''Periparus ater'')" | ||
+ | choice2="Robin (''Erithacus rubecula'')" | ||
+ | correctchoice="3" | ||
+ | feedback3="'''Correct!''' This species is called a Blue Tit, with its white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body. They have a small beak they use to eat insects, caterpillars, seeds and nuts and are common sightings in woodland, hedgerows, parks and gardens." | ||
+ | feedback4="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Blue Tit, with its white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body. The Great Tit is the largest UK tit and it has a black cap instead of blue, with a yellow and green body. It can be quite aggressive at a birdtable, fighting off smaller tits." | ||
+ | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Blue Tit, with its white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body. A Dunnock is a small brown bird with grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area." | ||
+ | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Blue Tit, with its white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body. Not as colourful as some of its relatives, the coal tit has a distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Its smaller, slenderer bill than blue or great tits means it can feed more successfully in conifer trees." | ||
+ | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Blue Tit, with its white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body. Both the male and female Robin have a characteristic bright red breast, surrounded by a grey patch, with a brown back and white underside." | ||
+ | image= "Image:Irish Setter.jpg"> | ||
+ | </WikiQuiz> | ||
+ | <WikiQuiz | ||
+ | questionnumber="10" | ||
+ | question="What species of Passerine bird is this?" | ||
+ | choice3="Blue Tit (''Cyanistes caeruleus'')" | ||
+ | choice4="Great Tit (''Parus major'')" | ||
+ | choice5="Chaffinch (''Fringilla coelebs'')" | ||
+ | choice1="Coal Tit (''Periparus ater'')" | ||
+ | choice2="House Martin (''Delichon urbica'')" | ||
+ | correctchoice="1" | ||
+ | feedback3="'''Incorrect!''' This species is called a Coal Tit, with its distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Not as colourful as some of its relatives, the coal tit has a smaller, slenderer bill than blue or great tits. A Blue Tit has a white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body." | ||
+ | feedback4="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Coal Tit, with its distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Not as colourful as some of its relatives, the coal tit has a smaller, slenderer bill than blue or great tits. The Great Tit is the largest UK tit and it has a yellow and green body. It can be quite aggressive at a birdtable, fighting off smaller tits." | ||
+ | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Coal Tit, with its distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Not as colourful as some of its relatives, the coal tit has a smaller, slenderer bill than blue or great tits. The female Chaffinch is quite similar to a female House Sparrow, with their thick beaks, but the male has a beautiful reddish underside plumage that goes up until the face and makes the species easily recognizable." | ||
+ | feedback1="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Coal Tit, with its distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Not as colourful as some of its relatives, the coal tit has a smaller, slenderer bill than blue or great tits, which means it can feed more successfully in conifer trees. A regular visitor to most peanut feeders, they will take and store food to eat later." | ||
+ | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Coal Tit, with its distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Not as colourful as some of its relatives, the coal tit has a smaller, slenderer bill than blue or great tits. A House Martin has very short legs, with pure white underparts as well as a white rump and short forked tail." | ||
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+ | </WikiQuiz> | ||
+ | <WikiQuiz | ||
+ | questionnumber="11" | ||
+ | question="What species of Passerine bird is this?" | ||
+ | choice3="Blue Tit (''Cyanistes caeruleus'')" | ||
+ | choice4="Great Tit (''Parus major'')" | ||
+ | choice5="Greenfinch (''Carduelis chloris'')" | ||
+ | choice1="Coal Tit (''Periparus ater'')" | ||
+ | choice2="House Martin (''Delichon urbica'')" | ||
+ | correctchoice="4" | ||
+ | feedback3="'''Incorrect!''' This species is called a Great Tit, with its black cap, white cheeks and yellow and green body and it is the largest UK tit. A Blue Tit has a white face and blue cap, and a colourful mix of yellow, green and blue in the body." | ||
+ | feedback4="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Great Tit, with its black cap, white cheeks and yellow and green body. It is the largest UK tit and it can be quite aggressive at a birdtable, fighting off smaller tits. In Winter, it joins with blue tits and others to form roaming flocks which scour gardens and countryside for food." | ||
+ | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Great Tit, with its black cap, white cheeks and yellow and green body and it is the largest UK tit. The Greenfinch is a bigger bird, with a finch-like thick beak. The male is predominantly green and grey, with some yellow flashed in the wings, while the female tends to be browner, but still maintaining some green and yellow feathers." | ||
+ | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Great Tit, with its black cap, white cheeks and yellow and green body and it is the largest UK tit. The Coal Tit has a grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck, as well as a slenderer bill." | ||
+ | feedback2="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Great Tit, with its black cap, white cheeks and yellow and green body and it is the largest UK tit. A House Martin has very short legs, with pure white underparts as well as a white rump and short forked tail." | ||
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+ | </WikiQuiz> | ||
+ | <WikiQuiz | ||
+ | questionnumber="12" | ||
+ | question="What species of Passerine bird is this?" | ||
+ | choice3="Wren (''Troglodytes troglodytes'')" | ||
+ | choice4="House Sparrow (''Passer domesticus'')" | ||
+ | choice5="Dunnock (''Prunella modularis'')" | ||
+ | choice1="Nuthatch (''Sitta europaea'')" | ||
+ | choice2="Tree Creeper (''Certhia familiaris'')" | ||
+ | correctchoice="2" | ||
+ | feedback3="'''Incorrect!''' This species is called a Tree Creeper, with its long, slender, downcurved bill, its mainly white underside and speckly brown back. It lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks. Wrens are even smaller birds with a plumage in different brownish tones and a short, narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically." | ||
+ | feedback4="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Tree Creeper, with its long, slender, downcurved bill, its mainly white underside and speckly brown back. It lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks. Although House Sparrows can look similar, they have distinctly thicker and shorter beaks and are not adept at vertical climbs." | ||
+ | feedback5="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Tree Creeper, with its long, slender, downcurved bill, its mainly white underside and speckly brown back. It lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks. A Dunnock possesses a small brown grey plumage around the eyes and in the neck area, and shorter nails." | ||
+ | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' This species is called a Tree Creeper, with its long, slender, downcurved bill, its mainly white underside and speckly brown back. It lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks. The Nuthatch is actually a plump bird with a blue-grey back and whitish underside, with chestnut on its sides and under its tail and a long black stripe covering its eyes." | ||
+ | feedback2="'''Correct.''' This species is called a Tree Creeper, with its long, slender, downcurved bill, its mainly white underside and speckly brown back. It is a small, very active bird, and as its name indicates, it lives in trees, often being found vertically climbing the trunks. They are UK residents and although they leave their breeding territories in autumn, most range no further than 20 km." | ||
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