Helmet Vanga, endemic to Madagascar (Title Photo)

Dear Readers, just a few people had a bash at the quiz this week, and very well they did too – Claire got 19 out of 30, but the winners this week are Fran and Bobby Freelove with 26 out of 30! I should point out in all fairness that the lovely Mangrove Hummingbird in the third photo is actually endemic to Costa Rica, not Colombia, but I’ve given you full marks because Costa Rica wasn’t listed as an option, and Colombia makes perfect sense under the circumstances. 

Did you know that 20th May was National Bumblebee Day? That might be a clue to tomorrow’s quiz….

1) K) Australia Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

2) G) China Golden snub–nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

3)B) Colombia Mangrove hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) (should actually have been Costa Rica!)

4) J) Ecuador Marine Iguana ((Amblyrhynchus cristatus))

5)L) India White–bellied treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra)

6)H) Japan  Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

7) M) Madagascar  Parson’s chameleon (Calumma parsonii)

8) C) Mexico Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

9) F) New Zealand Kakapo ((Strigops habroptilus))

10) I) Mauritius Echo Parakeet (Psittacula eques)

11) N) Phillippines Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus)

12) O) Seychelles Seychelles kestrel (Falco araeus)

13) D) South Africa  African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

14) A) Sri Lanka Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica)

15) E) USA Nene ((Branta sandvicensis))

Photo Credits

Title Photo  By https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/ – https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/15101234309/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36447354

Photo One By JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12262604

Photo Two By Giovanni Mari – Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24185462

Photo Three by By Jorge Obando Nature Photo – Mangrove Hummingbird ♂, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66096010

Photo Four  By The original uploader was Wragge at English Wikipedia. – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4338587

Photo Five  By @rawjeev / Rajeev B / Rawlife – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57143447

Photo Six  By V31S70 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/veisto/8558671034/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25261635

Photo Seven  By JialiangGao http://www.peace-on-earth.org – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3152673

Photo Eight  By Paula Olson, NOAA – http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/porpoises/vaquita.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30588208

Photo Nine by By Department of Conservation – https://www.flickr.com/photos/docnz/4015891720/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48081940

Photo Ten By colin houston – originally posted to Flickr as Mauritian (echo) parakeet(Psittacula echo), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3816850

Photo Eleven by By Gregg Yan – Low resolution derivative work from original photograph personally provided by photographer., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19210444

Photo Twelve by By Maureen Leong-Kee from Boca Raton, FL, United States – file369 Seychelles Kestrel side vies, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7419527

Photo Thirteen by By Bl1zz4rd-editor – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79060869

Photo Fourteen by By Carlos Delgado – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34667538

Photo Fifteen  By Jörg Hempel – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45026917

Helmet Vanga, endemic to Madagascar (Title Photo)

Dear Readers, an endemic species is one that is found in only one country or geographic region, and nowhere else in the world. So, for this quiz, can you match the photo of the animal to the country? I will give an extra point if you can name the species, so there’s a total of 30 points to be won. I think this is mega-difficult though, so if anyone gets all the countries right that will be deserve a huge round of applause.  So, if you think photo 1 is from Sri Lanka and that the animal is a flugel hound your answer is 1) A) flugel hound. You might want to check the species though :-).

All answers in the comments by 5 p.m. UK time next Thursday (20th May) please. I’ll post the answers on Friday 21st May. As soon as I see your reply in the comments I shall hide it away so it can’t influence the easily-swayed (like me) but write your answers down first if you don’t want to be affected by the brilliance of others.

Onwards!

Countries

A) Sri Lanka

B) Colombia

C) Mexico

D) South Africa

E) USA

F) New Zealand

G) China

H) Japan

I) Mauritius

J) Ecuador

K) Australia

L) India

M) Madagascar

N) Phillippines

O) Seychelles

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Ornamental Cabbages (Title Photo)

Dear Readers, we have a three-way split for First Prize this week, with Mal from FEARN, Anne and Fran and Bobby Freelove all identifying all 15 of the plants correctly. Well done all of you! I shall have to think of something fiendish for tomorrow 🙂 you’re all too good at this stuff…..

1) F) Sea Kale (Crambe maritima)

2) I) Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)

3) J) Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis)

4) A) Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)

5) O) Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

6) M) Horseradish (Amoracia rusticana)

7) N) Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)

8) B) Danish Scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica)

9) H) Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

10) C) Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)

11) D) Cuckooflower/Lady’s Smock (Cardamine pratensis)

12) G) Honesty (Lunaria annua)

13) E) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

14) L) Dame’s Violet (Hesperis matronalis)

15) K) Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)

Photo Credits

Title Photo by Terren, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo One by Bob Jones 

Photo Two by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Three by Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Four by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Five by Tony Atkin / Garlic Mustard – Alliaria petiolata

Photo Six by Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Seven by Sten, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eight by Nick Moyes at https://www.flickr.com/photos/21874898@N05/2120901133

Photo Nine by Σ64, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Ten by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133378

Photo Eleven by Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Twelve by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107188

Photo Thirteen by Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fourteen by Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fifteen by Aiwok, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Ornamental Cabbages (Title Photo)

Dear Readers, the cabbage family (Brassicaceae) has some of the commonest ‘weeds’ in the UK, and yet it is very tricky as far as identification goes. So, this week, I am going to make the quiz a multiple choice, and I’m going to try to avoid including too many easily-confused tiny plants with white or yellow flowers. There are some real beauties to be found among the little chaps – some ‘Kings’ if you’ll forgive me :-).

So, here we go. All  you need to do is to match the photo to the species name – so, if you think the plant in Photo 1 is Oilseed Rape, your answer is 1) A).

All answers in the comments by 5 p.m. UK time next Thursday (13th May) please. I’ll post the answers on Friday 14th May. As soon as I see your reply in the comments I shall hide it away so it can’t influence the easily-swayed (like me) but write your answers down first if you don’t want to be affected by the brilliance of others 🙂

Onwards!

Species Names

A) Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)

B) Danish Scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica)

C) Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)

D) Cuckooflower/Lady’s Smock (Cardamine pratensis)

E) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

F) Sea Kale (Crambe maritima)

G) Honesty (Lunaria annua)

H) Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

I) Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)

J) Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis)

K) Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)

L) Dame’s Violet (Hesperis matronalis)

M) Horseradish (Amoracia rusticana)

N) Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)

O) Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

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Eastern Garter Snake (Title Photo) – Definitely not from the UK!

Good Morning, Dear Readers! Some splendid scores this week, and everyone did remarkably well. In fifth place we have Belinda with 17.5 out of 24, only just behind Rosalind and Mike with 18. Then came Fran and Bobby Freelove with 22 out of 24, but the winner this week is Claire with 23.5 out of 24. Congratulations to everyone, and let’s see what I have in store for you all tomorrow 🙂

1) Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)

2) Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis)

3) Leopard/Great Grey Slug (Limax maximus)

4) Ramshorn Snail (Planobarius corneus)

5) Earthworm/Lob Worm (Lumbricus terrestris)

6) New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus)

7) Adder (Vipera berus)

8) Large Black Slug (Arion ater)

9) Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)

10) Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca)

11) Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) – There was a population by the Regent’s Canal in London following an escape from London Zoo….

12) Brown-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)

Photo Credits

Title Photo by Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo One by Andreas Eichler, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Three by Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Four by Bj.schoenmakers, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Five by s shepherd schizoform on flickr, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Six by By Flickr user Rae’s – https://www.flickr.com/photos/35142635@N05/15390553766/in/set-72157647844789000, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39818346

Photo Seven by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eight by By Prashanthns – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4194945

Photo Nine by Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1732361

Photo Ten by Thomas Brown, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eleven by By FelixReimann – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7433690

Photo Twelve by A. Abrahami, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Eastern Garter Snake (Title Photo)

Dear Readers, many creatures make their way in this world without having a leg to stand on, and so I thought this week we’d see how many we can identify.  Reptiles and invertebrates seem to have the monopoly on going legless (although biologists in Victorian times thought that birds of paradise didn’t have legs because that’s how the skins were prepared), so that’s what we’ll concentrate on!

One mark for each correct identification to species level, and I reserve the right to give half a point for a good try. I’ve just selected twelve critters this week as this isn’t a multiple choice, so I think it’s probably a bit harder! One of the snakes is only known from three populations in the UK, two in Wales and one close to London Zoo, so there’s a clue 🙂

As usual, answers in the comments by 5 p.m. UK time on Thursday 6th May, and the results will be posted on Friday 7th May. I will hide the answers in the comments as soon as I see them, but if you are easily influenced you could write your answers on a piece of paper first.

So, let’s see how good your ID skills are, and have fun!  🙂

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Lesser celandine in St Pancras and Islington Cemetery, favourite flower of William Wordsworth

Dear Readers, it was a close-run thing this week, with Fran and Bobby Freelove getting a most creditable 42 out of 45. The winner this week though, with an amazing 45 out of 45, is Anne from Something Over Tea. Well done Anne!

The Answers

1) L Nightingale – from ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ by John Keats

2) G Wild Daffodils from I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth

3) I Wood Anemones from Wood Anemonie by John Clare

4) K Skylark – from ‘To a Skylark’ by William Wordsworth

5) A – Dipper by Norman MacCaig

6) D) Primrose – From ‘The Primrose’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley

7) E – Brown Hares. From March Hares by Andrew Young

8) O Forget-me-nots from ‘A Bed of Forget-me-nots’ by Christina Rossetti

9) B – The Lamb by William Blake

10) M Northern Lapwings/Peewits – from ‘Two Pewits’ by Edward Thomas

11) J Cuckoo. This is from an old song, so so whatever you’ve written gets a mark from me!

12) H Linnet – from ‘I Heard a Linnet Courting’ by Robert Bridges

13) C) Sweet Violets – The Violet by Jane Taylor

14) N Dandelion from ‘Dandelions’ by Louis MacNiece

15) F Cherry Blossom. From The Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad) by A.E.Housman

Photo Credits

Photo One by cheloVechek / talk, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two by Philip Halling / Wild daffodils in Hallwood

Photo Three by © Copyright Andrew Curtis and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Photo Four by Ómar Runólfsson, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Five by Andrew2606 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Six by By Phil Nash from Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 & GFDLViews, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Seven by Caroline Legg from https://www.flickr.com/photos/128941223@N02/49898514632

Photo Eight by Laura Nolte at https://www.flickr.com/photos/laura_nolte/5602766470

Photo Nine by PiggiusMax, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Ten by Artur Rydzewski at https://www.flickr.com/photos/119200904@N07/24395314677/

Photo Eleven by Mike McKenzie, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Twelve by Joe Pell, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Thirteen by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K., CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fourteen by Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fifteen by Takuya Matsuyama, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Dear Readers, we haven’t had a poetic quiz for a while, and as spring is the season that gets all red-blooded poets into a frenzy of verse-making, all I need you to do this week is to match the photo to the quote, with one extra point for identifying the poet and a further point for identifying the animal or plant, so that makes 45 points going begging in total.

As usual, all answers in the comments by 5 p.m. on Thursday 29th April (UK time) please; I’ll publish the results on Friday 30th April. And where did April go, exactly? They say that time speeds up as you get older, but this is ridiculous.

Also as usual, I will ‘hide’ your answers as soon as I see them but if you are easily influenced you might want to write your thoughts down on a piece of paper before you put them in the comments 🙂

So, if you think Quote A refers to the bird in Photo 1, your answer is 1) A. which, if correct will give you one point. If you think the poet is William Shakespeare and the bird is a penguin, you would get a further two points if you were correct (unlikely in this case :-))

Onwards!

Quotes

A) ‘When he perches on a stone
it’s a wet one.
He stands there, bobbing and bobbing
as though the water’s applauding him’

B) ‘Gave thee life, and bid thee feed,
By the stream and over the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly bright’.

C) ‘Yet there it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused its sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade’.

D) ‘ Yet Spring’s awakening breath will woo the earth,
To feed with kindliest dews its favourite flower,
That blooms in mossy banks and darksome glens,
Lighting the greenwood with its sunny smile’.

E) ‘ I watched them leap and run,
Their bodies hollowed in the sun
To thin transparency,
That I could clearly see
The shallow colour of their blood
Joyous in love’s full flood’.

F) ‘ Loveliest of trees, the xxxxx now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodlands ride
Wearing white for Eastertide’.

G) ‘ Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of the bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance’.

H) ‘ The phrases of his pleading
Were full of young delight;
And she that gave him heeding
Interpreted aright
His gay, sweet notes,-
So sadly marred in the reading,-
His tender notes. ‘

I) ‘ What pretty, drooping weeping flowers they are,
The clipt-frilled leaves the slender stalk they bear
On which the drooping flower hangs weeping dew’.

J) ‘ The xxxxx she’s a pretty bird,
She sings as she flies,
She brings us good tidings,
She tells us no lies;
She sucketh white flowers
For to make her voice clear,
And the more she sings ‘xxxx’
The summer draws near.’

K) ‘Ethereal minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!
Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?
Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye
Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?
Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,
Those quivering wings composed, that music still!’

L) ‘That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green and shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease’.

M) ‘ Under the after-sunset sky
Two xxxxx sport and cry,
More white than is the moon on high,
Riding the dark surge silently;
More black than earth. Their cry
Is the one sound under the sky’.

N) ‘ Incorrigible, brash,
They brighten the cinder path of my childhood.
Unsubtle, the opposite of primroses,
But unlike primroses, capable
Of growing everywhere, railway track, pierhead,
Like our extrovert friends who never
Make us fall in love, yet fill
The primroseless, roseless gaps.

O) ‘ I love its growth at large and free
By untrod path and unlopped tree,
Or nodding by the unpruned hedge,
Or on the water’s dangerous edge
Where flags and meadowsweet blow rank
With rushes on the quaking bank’.

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Title Photo – Dune Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis)

Dear Readers, two excellent results this week,  with Mike from Alittlebitoutoffocus with 13 out of 15 and our old friends Fran and Bobby Freelove taking the top spot with 15/15. Thank you for playing,and let’s see what the challenge is tomorrow….

1.D – Dark Red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)

2.G – Autumn Lady’s-Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis)

3. H – Frog Orchid (Coeloglossum viride)

4 I – Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha)

5. F – Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)

6.L – Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophora)

7. C. – Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata)

8.E – Lady Orchid (Orchis purpurea)

9.A – Military Orchid (Orchis militaris)

10.B – Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum)

11.O – Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera)

12 M – Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)

13 N – Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)

14 K – Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)

15 J – Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes)

Photo Credits

Title Photo by Velella, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo One by Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two by Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Three by John Game, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Four by Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Five by Lairich Rig / Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)

Photo Six by AJC1, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Seven © Hans Hillewaert

Photo Eight by Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Nine by Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Ten by Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eleven by Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Twelve by Patrice Bon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Thirteen by By The original uploader was (Automated conversion) at English Wikipedia. – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2471900

Photo Fourteen by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fifteen by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35786

A Team of Suffolk Punches (Title Photo)

My goodness, lovely readers, this was a close run thing this week! Everyone did exceptionally well. If you remember, I was giving one point for selecting the correct country, and a second point for identifying the breed. On this basis, we have Anne and Fran and Bobby Freelove with 26 out of 30, but our winners this week are Claire, Sylvie and Mike from Alittlebitoutoffocus with 28 out of 30 – well done to all of you! Let’s see what I can come up with for tomorrow…

1. B )Scotland – Belted Galloway

2. A) France – Charolais Cattle

3. C) Belgium – Ardennes/Ardennais

4. A) France – Percheron

5. D) Austria – Tyrolean Grey Cattle

6. E) USA – Florida Cracker cattle

7. D) Austria – Tyroler Bergschaf sheep

8.B )Scotland – Scottish Blackface sheep

9. A )France – Marans hen

10. E) USA – Wyandotte chicken

11.C) Flemish Giant Rabbit

12.E – USA – Cayuga Duck

13. D) Austria – Lippizaner horses

14. B. Scotland – Clydesdale Horse

15. C) Belgium – Piétrain pig

Photo Credits

Title Photo By Amanda Slater from Coventry, England – Suffolk Plough Team, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4967465

Photo One by Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two By forum http://www.concoursvaches.fr, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10644416

Photo Three By Vassil – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2256419

Photo Four by INRA DIST from France, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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