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Scotland's National Bird (1 Viewer)

david kelly

david kelly

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The Scotsman newspaper has run a poll on Scotland's National Bird, and the winner is .......

Golden Eagle

Runner up was Red Grouse


The full final result was

1 GOLDEN EAGLE
2 RED GROUSE
3 CAPERCAILLIE
4 OSPREY
5 PUFFIN
6 GANNET
7 SEA EAGLE
8 PEREGRINE FALCON
9 CRESTED TIT
10 PEEWIT
11 SCOTTISH CROSSBILL
12 PTARMIGAN

Red Grouse has thousands of votes discounted as a certain whisky blend encouraged the members of its e mail list to vote en masse.

David
 
A good list but disappointing not to see the following:

Eider
Twite
Manx Shearwater

Maybe these are all "birder's birds" though. Amongst the wider public the old game bird/ raptor axis of the sporting estate still seems to hold sway.
 
david kelly said:
The Scotsman newspaper has run a poll on Scotland's National Bird, and the winner is .......

Golden Eagle

Runner up was Red Grouse


The full final result was

1 GOLDEN EAGLE
2 RED GROUSE
3 CAPERCAILLIE
4 OSPREY
5 PUFFIN
6 GANNET
7 SEA EAGLE
8 PEREGRINE FALCON
9 CRESTED TIT
10 PEEWIT
11 SCOTTISH CROSSBILL
12 PTARMIGAN

Red Grouse has thousands of votes discounted as a certain whisky blend encouraged the members of its e mail list to vote en masse.

David
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From an outsider's point of view, (a non scotsperson) I would always think of the capercaillie to be a real scottish bird.
 
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