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1. In the UK, which small male bird with red cheeks and bright yellow flashes on the wings, often takes possession of my blackthorn bush along with his family and friends? (In North America, his namesake doesn't have the flash of red feathers.)
2. Which once very common little bird has seen its numbers decline by more than 50% in towns, and just under that in the countryside, since the mid 1970s?
3. Which common African bird, introduced to the UK in 1678 as an ornamental wildfowl, has been on the increase since 1993/94 and has a resident population of around 3,500?
4. Which gardener's friend, the favourite bird in the UK, is actually aggressive and territorial, but easy to photograph?
5. Which very rare visitor to any garden, including mine, is actually the most colourful member of the crow family?
6. Which colourful little visitors live in flocks, so that the few in the garden could be feeding twenty or more others?
7. Introduced during the 17th century, which Colonial visitor has around 190,000 permanent UK residents?
8. Which noisy bird with a short tail, pointed head and triangular wings looks black at a distance?
9. Which little bird with an over-long tail never manages to stay still and calls out to his friends when in the air or on the ground?
10. Which common garden bird with a sweet song is territorial and will stop his children coming into my garden, once they are fully grown?
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