Pub Quiz thread

[Bolton's Boots]

and a bit of further research the genus/breed

Blimey - you don't want much!

Arctic Terns - Sterna paradisaea?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Yes........





but which one???

Distinctive feature
breeds sparingly in the UK on islands

 

[Bolton's Boots]

but which one???

Distinctive feature
breeds sparingly in the UK on islands

The shape of its long tail sometimes means it is called a sea swallow?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The shape of its long tail sometimes means it is called a sea swallow?

Bit of a generic tern. I am looking for a particular genus of tern.... that is what the photo is of...

further clue.... nests on a Northumberland Island with a French name.... or a darling of an island... which is where I saw it

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Roseate Tern?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Roseate Tern?

Yes well done... .quite rare..

 

[Bolton's Boots]

On which date did this happen and what was the occasion?

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[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

Hogertrafik...3Sept 1967...Sweden switches from left to right,

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Hogertrafik...3Sept 1967...Sweden switches from left to right,

Didn't take long.

Over to you...

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

Northern Ireland is the biggest; Shetland the smallest....what?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

anything to do with creatures?

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

Not creatures Yorkie.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Political in some way?

 

[geitungur akureyrar]

Off shore areas of the UK with local government.

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

Not political or local government.

Clue: Shrewsbury and Welshpool share one...

 

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Bridges

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Railways?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

biggest and smallest parts of the uk without railways?

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

Still not there.

Another clue...London first got them in 1857

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Postal districts!!