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What names/nicknames do you have for different bird types in your garden/allotment? Of the more common ones does anyone know the origin of the nickname?

For example here we call:
Sparrows - 'Spadgies'
A robin - 'Rob' or 'Robbie' (not very original that one ;D)
Male Blackbird - 'Bill' or 'Billy'. (Female Blackbird - 'Mrs B')

Now whilst the first two are kind of self explanatory, I am mystified as to why we call a male blackbird 'Bill' or 'Billy'. Does anyone know why?

Thanks.

Cos he would get a complex if We called him Mable  :)    Sorry could it be to do with his big yellow beak as in Bill..
Sparrows round here called spuggies,
Mistle thrush called Storm thingy ..cheers ..JIM

blackbirds~blackies or mr&mrs b
starlings~stuckies
robin~my boy
chaffinches~chaffies
;D

I tend to refer to bluetits as either burglar birds or tueblits though that's just me!

moonbells

Wrens are always 'Jenny Wren' here whether they're male or female. Blackbirds Blackies,
Sparrowhawks - spawks,
Thrushes - throstles or mavis's,
sparrows - guttersnipes,
wood pigeons - game pie,
starlings - bl**dy nuisences,
magpies - theiving bas****s!!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D

Quote from: eileen on April 03, 2006, 00:06:04
Wrens are always 'Jenny Wren' here whether they're male or female. Blackbirds Blackies,
Sparrowhawks - spawks,
Thrushes - throstles or mavis's,
sparrows - guttersnipes,
wood pigeons - game pie,
starlings - bl**dy nuisences,
magpies - theiving bas****s!!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D

Wrens are called 'Jenny' here too!

Wood Pigeons - either 'charlies' (because they are right ones) or 'hoovers' because they 'hoover' all the food up.

Collared Doves - 'Dont Knows' as in their call which sounds like 'I don't know'

Oh and I suppose Chaffinches are 'chaffies'.

Moving away from birds we tend to call squirrels, 'squidgies' or (singular) 'squidge'. Dont ask me why, that comes from my parents not me!