Wild Birds UK Trivia

Being an island nation the UK has much coastline which is home to many fascinating sea birds. See how much you know about seabirds of the UK in this quiz.

This quiz has ten birds which are regularly seen in the UK. Can you put them in order from the lightest to the heaviest? The weights have been taken from the RSPB website and are averages but I've avoided any overlaps..

There are over 600 species of British birds, representing about 75 families. Can you work out to which family - Ducks, Rails, Finches or Old World Flycatchers - these species belong?

Here are some photos of common, and perhaps less common, British birds. Just match the photo to the correct name.

This is a quiz about the rarest avian visitors to the UK; it includes species which are not native to the country. Some are classed as vagrants - seen a few times and never again, while others may become more regular visitors due to climate change.

Although I have only a small garden, it attracts a wide variety of birds. This quiz is about some of the ones I've seen.

Britain has a large and diverse population of birds, from the smallest wren to the largest eagle. Neither of these appear in this quiz, but hopefully you will recognise most of those that do. Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12

One of the joys of Christmas is having turkey for dinner, but the birds in this quiz aren't normally for eating. They are all seen around at Christmas time in the UK, though.

All of these British birds have a human namesake. I'll give a brief description of a bird and a cryptic clue of their famous counterpart (some may be fictitious), you choose the correct bird. Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Here is a selection of the songbirds or, more accurately, perching birds, that you can hear and see regularly in Great Britain. Identify them from the photos and the clues.