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Nature Quiz - British Birds - Cormorants and Gulls (Questions)

Cormorants are coastal rather than oceanic birds, and some have colonised inland waters - indeed, the original ancestor of cormorants seems to have been a fresh-water bird, judging from the habitat of the most ancient lineage. As for gulls, wherever there are fish and chips, you'll find the gulls! See if you can identify the following birds.

1. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Common Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
[ ] Black-legged Kittiwake
2. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Great Cormorant
[ ] Common Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
3. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] European Herring Gull
[ ] Great Cormorant
[ ] Black-legged Kittiwake
4. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] Black-legged Kittiwake
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
5. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Common Gull
6. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] European Shag
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
[ ] Lesser Black-backed Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
7. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
[ ] Common Gull
[ ] Great Cormorant
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
8. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] European Herring Gull
[ ] Common Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] European Shag
9. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Great Cormorant
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Common Gull
10. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] European Herring Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Lesser Black-backed Gull
[ ] European Shag

 

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Nature Quiz - British Birds - Cormorants and Gulls (Answers)
1. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Common Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[x] Great Black-backed Gull
[ ] Black-legged Kittiwake
2. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Great Cormorant
[x] Common Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
3. What is the name of this bird?
[x] Little Gull
[ ] European Herring Gull
[ ] Great Cormorant
[ ] Black-legged Kittiwake
4. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[x] Black-legged Kittiwake
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
5. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Little Gull
[x] Mediterranean Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Common Gull
6. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] European Shag
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
[x] Lesser Black-backed Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
7. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
[ ] Common Gull
[x] Great Cormorant
[ ] Mediterranean Gull
8. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] European Herring Gull
[ ] Common Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[x] European Shag
9. What is the name of this bird?
[ ] Great Cormorant
[ ] Great Black-backed Gull
[x] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Common Gull
10. What is the name of this bird?
[x] European Herring Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Lesser Black-backed Gull
[ ] European Shag