What Bird would be your county bird? (1 Viewer)

Brian2 · Jul 8, 2012

fair point John

Patboy · Jul 8, 2012

Wexford my home county would probably have the White fronted Goose as its bird?
Pat

grebefeet9 · Jul 8, 2012

the bird for alameda county here in california should be california towhee. http://www.birdforum.net/opus/California_Towhee
also, all those east coast states with cardinal as their state bird should agree to have some of them changed for variety's sake

Jon Turner · Jul 9, 2012

Cheshire Birder said:
Bangor Bird Group - Chough

Welsh Ornithological Society - Red Kite

CB

I think Chough belongs to Cornwall - it's been the County bird for ever, even though there weren't any for a good few years!

Kev23 · Jul 9, 2012

Just to ruffle a few feathers, I'll propose Ring-necked parakeet for Surrey!

(Other than that, Woodlark would be a good choice as they aren't easily found throughout the UK unlike most of Surrey's other regular birds, and our heathland has a relatively stable population)

Bananafishbones · Jul 9, 2012

Lets have our county birds! update

OK - So this is what we have or would like - so far.

italics = suggested county birds

US:
Sth Carolina - Bald Eagle
Pennsylvania - Ruffed Grouse
Iowa - Eastern Goldfinch
Miami (Dade County) - Gray Kingbird
Missouri (Buchanan County) - Lark Sparrow
California (alameda county) - California towhee

Australia:
City of Cairns: Varied Honeyeater
Far North Queensland: Chowchilla
Queensland: Golden-shouldered Parrot

UK & Ireland:
Perthshire - Osprey
Mayo - Corncrake
Wexford - White fronted Goose
Cambridgeshire - Great Bustard or Black-tailed Godwit
Cheshire - Short Eared Owl - East Cheshire - Ring Ouzel
Cornwall - Chough
Devon (dbwps) - Hen Harrier
Devon - Cirl Bunting
Essex - Brent Goose
Lancashire - Pink Footed Goose or Hen Harrier
London - Feral Pigeon
Sussex - Nightingale
Suffolk - Stone Curlew or Golden Oriole
Surry - Ring-necked parakeet or Woodlark
Norfolk - Common Crane
Denbighshire - Little Tern
Worcestershire - Marsh Warbler
Kent - Kentish Plover, Sandwich Tern or Chough
Pembrokeshire - Puffin

Bird Groups:
Welsh Ornithological Society - Red Kite
Bangor Bird Group - Chough
Shropshire Ornithological Society - Buzzard or Wood Warbler
Kent Ornithological Society - Sanwich Tern
Buckingham County Bird Club - Pied Wagtail
Berkshire Ornithological Society - Tufted duck or Great Crested Grebe
Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society - Leach's Petrel
Cheshire Wildlife Trust - Great Crested Grebe

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RobinD · Jul 9, 2012

The symbol of the Berkshire Ornithological Club is a Tufted Duck, and that or a Great Crested Grebe would be a good shout for our county chock full of gravel pits.

angusmcoatup · Jul 9, 2012

When I think of Lancashire I think of Pink-Footed Goose. Hen Harrier would be a good symbol but things aren't looking great at Bowland.

Jeff Hopkins · Jul 9, 2012

FWIW, the state bird (or state game bird - depending on how you look at it) of Pennsylvania is the ruffed grouse. It has something to do with the popularity of hunting in the state, but no clear reason for choosing it was really defined. The runner-up was the song sparrow.

Ashley beolens · Jul 9, 2012

I thought we did have county birds? Buckinghamshire is pied wagtail for some reason.

Carlos Davies · Jul 9, 2012

Cambridgeshire has Great Bustards in its coat of arms...

(http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/c/images/cambridges.jpg)

...but you don't see many of those around here, so I'll go for Black-tailed Godwit because they still hang on here as a breeding species.

Brian2 · Jul 9, 2012

just thought of another.....London would have to be the Feral Pigeon B

and the Surrey Ring Necked Parakeet.....that's a blinder!

Cheshire Birder · Jul 9, 2012

Jon Turner said:
I think Chough belongs to Cornwall - it's been the County bird for ever, even though there weren't any for a good few years!

I'm sure the Cornish won't mind sharing.

CB

Bananafishbones · Jul 9, 2012

Bananafishbones said:
OK - So this is what we have or would like - so far.

italics = suggested county birds

US:
Sth Carolina - Bald Eagle
Pennsylvania - Ruffed Grouse
Iowa - Eastern Goldfinch
Miami (Dade County) - Gray Kingbird
Missouri (Buchanan County) - Lark Sparrow
California (alameda county) - California towhee

Australia:
City of Cairns: Varied Honeyeater
Far North Queensland: Chowchilla
Queensland: Golden-shouldered Parrot

UK & Ireland:
Perthshire - Osprey
Mayo - Corncrake
Wexford - White fronted Goose
Cambridgeshire - Great Bustard or Black-tailed Godwit
Cheshire - Short Eared Owl - East Cheshire - Ring Ouzel
Cornwall - Chough
Devon (dbwps) - Hen Harrier
Devon - Cirl Bunting
Essex - Brent Goose
Lancashire - Pink Footed Goose or Hen Harrier
London - Feral Pigeon
Sussex - Nightingale
Suffolk - Stone Curlew or Golden Oriole
Surry - Ring-necked parakeet or Woodlark
Norfolk - Common Crane
Denbighshire - Little Tern
Worcestershire - Marsh Warbler
Kent - Kentish Plover, Sandwich Tern or Chough
Pembrokeshire - Puffin

Bird Groups:
Welsh Ornithological Society - Red Kite
Bangor Bird Group - Chough
Shropshire Ornithological Society - Buzzard or Wood Warbler
Kent Ornithological Society - Sanwich Tern
Buckingham County Bird Club - Pied Wagtail
Berkshire Ornithological Society - Tufted duck or Great Crested Grebe
Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society - Leach's Petrel
Cheshire Wildlife Trust - Great Crested Grebe

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updated :t:

How about the Feral Pigeon as Englands national Bird :-C

Cheshire Birder · Jul 9, 2012

Here are some more I found while searching the internet -

Sussex Ornithological Society - Stonechat

Isles of Scilly Bird Group - Common Nighthawk

Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society - Great Crested Grebe

Buckinghamshire Bird Club - Pied Wagtail

Dorset Bird Club - Hoopoe

Hampshire Ornithological Society - Kingfisher

Herefordshire Ornithological Club - Yellowhammer

Lincolnshire Bird Club - Grey Heron

Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club - Eider

West Midland Bird Club - grey Heron (formerly Ruddy Duck)

CB

Bananafishbones · Jul 9, 2012

italics = suggested county birds

US:
Sth Carolina - Bald Eagle
Pennsylvania - Ruffed Grouse
Iowa - Eastern Goldfinch
Miami (Dade County) - Gray Kingbird
Missouri (Buchanan County) - Lark Sparrow
California (alameda county) - California towhee

Australia:
City of Cairns: Varied Honeyeater
Far North Queensland: Chowchilla
Queensland: Golden-shouldered Parrot

UK & Ireland:
Perthshire - Osprey
Mayo - Corncrake
Wexford - White fronted Goose
Cambridgeshire - Great Bustard or Black-tailed Godwit
Cheshire - Short Eared Owl - East Cheshire - Ring Ouzel
Cornwall - Chough
Devon - Cirl Bunting
Essex - Brent Goose
Lancashire - Pink Footed Goose or Hen Harrier
London - Feral Pigeon
Sussex - Nightingale
Suffolk - Stone Curlew or Golden Oriole
Surry - Ring-necked parakeet or Woodlark
Norfolk - Common Crane
Denbighshire - Little Tern
Worcestershire - Marsh Warbler
Kent - Kentish Plover, Sandwich Tern or Chough
Pembrokeshire - Puffin

Bird Groups:
Welsh Ornithological Society - Red Kite
Bangor Bird Group - Chough
Shropshire Ornithological Society - Buzzard or Wood Warbler
Kent Ornithological Society - Sanwich Tern
Buckingham County Bird Club - Pied Wagtail
Berkshire Ornithological Society - Tufted duck or Great Crested Grebe
Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society - Leach's Petrel
Cheshire Wildlife Trust - Great Crested Grebe
Sussex Ornithological Society - Stonechat
Isles of Scilly Bird Group - Common Nighthawk
Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society - Great Crested Grebe
Dorset Bird Club - Hoopoe
Devon (dbwps) - Hen Harrier
Hampshire Ornithological Society - Kingfisher
Herefordshire Ornithological Club - Yellowhammer
Lincolnshire Bird Club - Grey Heron
Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club - Eider
West Midland Bird Club - grey Heron (formerly Ruddy Duck)

carjug · Jul 9, 2012

I nominate the mosquito as the National Bird of Cullowhee North Carolina, usa.
Other canditates include the gnat, the Turkey Vulture, and the American Crow. I believe the Crow would probably win, as the Native American word Cullowhee means Valley of the Crows, but has been misinterperated as Valley of the Lillies by the local yuppies.

JWN Andrewes · Jul 10, 2012

Brian2 said:
How about Pembrokeshire and the Puffin?

My abiding memory of birding the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in my formative birding years (late '70s) is of Stonechats sitting up all over the place, so I'd put that up as an alternative.

James

Jan-Paul Charteris · Jul 10, 2012

joannec said:
For Sussex it's got to be Nightingale.

I'd have said Pom Skua for Sussex, more of a speciality here than Nightingale, though Pulborough has more confiding Nightingales than many places in Uk.

Pom Skua is something people from around England come to Splash Point annually specifically to see, probably one of the few such birds in Sussex. Fair enough Dunge would have a shout too but noone from Kent seems to have picked it yet, so...

Mark Newsome · Jul 10, 2012

Black Grouse is the county bird for Durham - one of the best counties in the UK for numbers of this iconic upland species, and it also has some of the most accessible sites to watch them lekking. 40-50 males seen from the comfort of your car seat can't be bad!
Black Grouse has featured as the bird club logo for nearly 40 years.

Mark

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