The Hills Are Alive!: Spring/Summer 2020 Wildlife Quiz Answers

Stonechat: the answer to the first question of the quiz.
Photo: Charles J Sharp, Wikipedia

The judging for the latest prize quiz has been completed and the winner is Viv Pitcher of Greasby. She got 50 marks out of 50 and was chosen as the winner in a random draw from seven all-correct entries.

Here are the answers:

1. Good man, one talks about birds. (10). Stonechats

2. Sources of seasonal railway. (6, 4). Spring line

3. Feature of dish with gold symbol. (7). Plateau

4. Water feature bound up in the choice between buying a flat or renting a house. (7). Torrent

5. With platinum limb I started game. (9). Ptarmigan

6. Irrigate autumn feature. (9). Waterfall

7. A wintry bird - rock star digests this instant roll. (4, 7). Snow bunting

8. Bird stirred up green pool, valid with no artificial intelligence. (6, 6). Golden plover

9. "Plant angry Brexit vote!" - dead PM. (5-6, 5). Cross-leaved heath

10. A short distance inside what bird? (8). Whinchat

11. Regarding theologist, 'e takes the queen for an animal. (3, 4). Red deer

12. 24 mane, I hear animal. (8, 4). Mountain hare

13. Bird call at river Loire's source (alternative spelling). (4, 5). Ring ousel

14. Feature common to river crossing and kitchen cooler. (5). Ridge

15. Insect, after 24, Radio Times wrapped around fireplace. (8, 7). Mountain ringlet

16. Plant needed when the lady is cold. What's her name? (7). Heather

17. Red or black, good to wake for game. (6). Grouse

18. Shortened beak reportedly conceals fruit. (10). Bilberries

19. We hear male offspring expected, living on insects. (6). Sundew

20. Quite a small bird, unlike the Big one seen at fairgrounds! (6). Dipper

21. Shelley's "scorner of the ground". (7). Skylark

22. Feature of a hundred scraps of cloth. (5). Crags

23. Moorland features to sort out. (4). Tors

24. Scrambling unto main upland feature. (8). Mountain

25. Bird of Arthurian character. (6). Merlin

26. Predator - those are world-shaking! (5-5, 3). Short-eared owl

27. Mental torture he, the Frenchman, bears for a plant. (9). Tormentil2

28. Thank you, Royal Navy, for fresh water. (4). Tarn

29. Ice Age relic, i.e. Roman ruin. (7). Moraine

30. Is this a fire-breathing insect that was rewarded on the fifth day of Christmas? (6-6, 9). Golden-ringed dragonfly

31. Initially, big rooms and cold kitchens endear nobody to this fern. (7). Bracken

32. Angela or Maria perhaps follows grand ancient English bird (now rare in England). (6, 5). Golden eagle

33. Cudgel Kate took on Colm's bus? (8). Clubmoss

34. Worried, lest I'm one footpath feature. (9, 8). Limestone pavement

35. Wearing imperial colour, Margo Ross shivered on the heath. (6, 9). Purple moorgrass

36. Feature of 24, or short name of soap? (6). Corrie

37. Look through the windscreen for feature of 24. (5). Scree

38. Spread incomplete value in damp places. (10). Butterwort

39. Tree found in a few narrow and steep valleys in Snowdonia and the Lake District. (5). Rowan

40. This bird has a ringlet with opposite directions. (6). Curlew

41. Possible description of a saltire with draft legislation for a bird. (9). Crossbill

42. Catcall secures promotion - start of tennis after no. 1 seed finds a bird. (6, 5). Meadow pipit

43. Seen in summer, Graeme, a potter, takes an exciting Scottish dance. (8). Dotterel

44. Bird that zeroes worship I hear. (6). Osprey

45. VTOL plane pursues female bird. (3, 7). Hen harrier

46. One of fifty shades perhaps - what a happy dog does, usually at the waterside. (4, 7). Grey wagtail

47. Summer reptile. (5). Adder

48. First person, German, in magnifier produces symbiotic relations. (7). Lichens

49. Heads of government conferring on 24. (6). Summit

50. Corporal punishment after family treasure tree. (6, 5). Silver birch

Notes: ¹We also accepted “Ring ouzel”.  ²We also accepted “Hellebore”.

We will be shortly launching the Autumn/Winter quiz entitled “Water, Water, Everywhere!”. More details soon...