Episode 2 of our exploration of the old English Bestiary takes us to Winged Things and we’re exploring the wonderful medieval ornithological world.
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References:
Barber, Richard (1993) Bestiary MS Bodley 764, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
Borges, Jorge Luis, (2002) The Book Of Imaginary Beings, Vintage
British Library (accessed 2024) The Tale Of The Seven Whistlers, https://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2019/02/the-tale-of-the-seven-whistlers.html
Homer, The Odyssey – (accessed 2024) via https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D12%3Acard%3D153
Nelson, Dawn (2024) Stories Of The Sun, The History Press.
Nozedar, Adele, (2006) The Secret Language Of Birds, Harper Element
Videen, Hana (2021) The Deor Hord: An Old English Bestiary, Profile Books
Music
Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sound Effects via www.orangefreesounds.com
Red Listed Bird Names Read At The End Of The Show:
1. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
2. Leach’s storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)
3. Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
4. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
5. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
6. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
7. Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
8. European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
9. Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
10. Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
11. Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
12. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
13. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
14. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
15. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
16. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
17. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
18. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
19. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
20. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
21. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
22. Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
23. Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
24. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
25. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
26. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
27. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
28. White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
29. Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
30. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
31. Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris)
32. Scaup (Aythya marila)
33. Pochard (Aythya ferina)
34. Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
35. Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
36. Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
37. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
38. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
39. Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
40. Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
41. Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus)
42. Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
43. Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
44. Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
45. Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
46. Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
47. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
48. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
49. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
50. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
51. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
52. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
53. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
54. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
55. Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
56. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
57. Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
58. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
59. Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
60. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
61. Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
62. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
64. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
64. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
65. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
66. Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
67. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
68. Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
69. Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
70. Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
71. Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Fly High & Fly Strong.
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