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  1. Surreybirder

    Birding parlance

    Any Gaelic speakers on this forum? I think that bonxie is the Gaelic name for great skua; as is trystie for black guillemot and erne for sea eagle. On the line of bird names for humans: You crazy coot!
  2. Surreybirder

    Birding parlance

    Alpine Dunnock (nice bird!) seems to be pushing it a bit--though I agree that it's better than hedge accentor. Still don't know how to pronounce it!:bounce:
  3. Surreybirder

    Birding parlance

    'gripped off' (as used by twitchers to mean that they pulled one over their fellow twitchers) is as ugly as 'groppers' imo. Ever been gripped off by a gropper? Barwits and spotshanks, though practical, lack charm. Still prefer 'dunnock' to hedge accentor (and how do you pronounce accentor?
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