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E: 20/06 Win a Simon King Wildlife Goodie Bag

Melli
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edited 12 June 2009 at 12:06PM in Game Over Archives

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The Wildlife Trusts will be celebrating Wildlife Week (Triple Bill) from the 30th May to the 20th June 2009.

We have put together this fun quiz to find out how much you know about our wonderful wildlife.

The first name picked at random from the correct entries will win a simonkingwildlife.com ‘goodie bag’ full of our official merchandise.

1 Otter
2 Tadpole
3 Red Fox
4 [Mammal] Sorry - this should be Rodents, or Rodentia - Please thank zippie01 (and slap me :o)
5 Hedgehog
6 Sett
7 Common or European Shag - please thank reetnproper at post #36 and Nicky63 at post #38 - Thank you!
8 Finches
9 Corncrake - please thank buzylizzy & EverDecreasingCircles - Thank you!
10 Blow
11 Adder - nb Adders are venomous, NOT poisonous - see Jaffa pig's post
12 Puffin


Thanks so much to everyone who's helped with this one! korkythekat, buzylizzy, EverDecreasingCircles, jaycat62, wingobins, reetnproper, Nicky63, prozacspice and a big thanks to Jerry from Simon King for keeping us going!

Off to Chelsea Flower Show for a couple of days, so won't be able to update 'til Sunday!

Good Luck! :D
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  • fire**fly
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    thanks melli,have been on this one for a while, you got lots more answers than i did thank you, but am still stuck on the same two you are :confused: hope someone can help :)
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • wingobins
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    It's not one of them Grouse thingy's like on the whisky ad is it? (sorry...i'm useless at these!) :D
    Big thanks to all who contribute to the forums. Be lucky everyone and be safe!
  • fire**fly
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    wingobins wrote: »
    It's not one of them Grouse thingy's like on the whisky ad is it? (sorry...i'm useless at these!) :D

    :D i don't know, have been googling all the bird sounds & bird calls, drove me potty :rotfl:
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • prozacspice
    prozacspice Posts: 2,434 Forumite
    Been doing the same Korky - I can only find one slightly similar and that is the Mallard, from here:

    http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=022M-W1CDR0001518-1200V0.xml

    What you think? :confused:
    "We all change when you think about it. We're all different all through our lives. And that's okay, that's good. You've got to keeping moving. As long as you remember all the people that you used to be." - The Doctor
  • wingobins
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    :D i don't know, have been googling all the bird sounds & bird calls, drove me potty :rotfl:

    Sorry I meant no 7...I couldn't get the sound to work for the other! :D
    Big thanks to all who contribute to the forums. Be lucky everyone and be safe!
  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    Been doing the same Korky - I can only find one slightly similar and that is the Mallard, from here:

    http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=022M-W1CDR0001518-1200V0.xml

    What you think? :confused:

    think the tone is different :confused:

    http://www.simonkingwildlife.com/WildLifeComp.php

    it's a hard one this one :confused:
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • fire**fly
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    :D well, am going to sleep with all the bird noises in my head :rotfl:thanks for helping wingobins & prozacspice :A maybe tomorrow we'll figure it out :D
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • prozacspice
    prozacspice Posts: 2,434 Forumite
    Yeah me too! Dawn chorus will soon be upon us :rotfl:
    "We all change when you think about it. We're all different all through our lives. And that's okay, that's good. You've got to keeping moving. As long as you remember all the people that you used to be." - The Doctor
  • buzylizzy
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    could no.9 be the corncrake here
  • Melli
    Melli Posts: 4,602 Forumite
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    buzylizzy wrote: »
    could no.9 be the corncrake here

    Like that one! I was convinced it was some kind of duck, but this corncrake sounds very like it.

    Sorry to have to leave everyone to it - I'm out 'til tonight now. Thanx everyone for all your help!
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