Summer Quiz answers

Many thanks to all of you who took part in the summer quiz, we hope you enjoyed it!

17 August 2022

The top three prize winners were

1. Nick/Claire Oliver. The first prize is a £50 voucher to be spent in the Spurn Hub, on the website shop or on accommodation at the Observatory.

2. James King. The second prize is two nights free  accommodation at the Observatory.

3. Graham Speight. The third prize is a free ticket to the Migfest.

 

For those who entered the answers are;

 

  1. Barn Owl
  2. Nuthatch
  3. Gadwall
  4. Marsh Tit
  5. Richard's Pipit
  6. Ruff
  7. Black Redstart
  8. Great Northern Diver
  9. Wood Warbler
  10. White-rumped Sandpiper
  11. Siskin
  12. White-tailed Plover
  13. Fieldfare
  14. American Robin
  15. Grey Wagtail
  16. Garganey
  17. Cretzchmar's Bunting
  18. Dunlin
  19. Ring Ouzel
  20. Brent Goose
  21. Mandarin
  22. Brambling
  23. Whinchat
  24. Curlew Sandpiper and Dunlin
  25. Common Tern
  26. Ring-billed Gull
  27. Goldeneye
  28. Stone-curlew
  29. Ruppel's Warbler
  30. Olive-backed Pipit
  31. Yellow Wagtail
  32. Nightingale
  33. Iceland Gull
  34. Woodlark
  35. Black-winged Stilt
  36. Baikal Teal
  37. Little Stint
  38. Eleonora's Falcon
  39. Caspian Tern
  40. Shoveler
  41. Caspian Plover
  42. Black-necked Grebe
  43. Pied Flycatcher
  44. Stilt Sandpiper
  45. Pallas's Warbler
  46. Marsh Harrier
  47. Great Grey Shrike
  48. Whooper Swan
  49. American Golden Plover
  50. Rock Pipit
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