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Bird surnames!

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HavanaMoon Sat 15-Feb-25 06:46:18

Hope it is OK to start this thread as it is just a general idea to see how many bird surnames we can think of. My contribution is: Swift.

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 08:58:43

Chesney Hawk - the One and Only.

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:01:29

Merlin - fictional magician.

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:02:07

Alan Partridge

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:19:12

Chris Martin (Coldplay)

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:19:30

Billie (sand) Piper

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:24:03

Rita Dove - Poet

Churchview Sat 15-Feb-25 09:24:54

Lieutenant Pigeon

Churchview Sat 15-Feb-25 09:25:05

Freddy Parrotface

Churchview Sat 15-Feb-25 09:25:45

Macaw-ly Culkin (sorry)

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:30:18

John Parrot - snooker

merlotgran Sat 15-Feb-25 09:31:06

Emma Bunting (American stage actor)

Nell82 Sat 15-Feb-25 09:45:41

Florence Nightingale

Grandyma Sat 15-Feb-25 09:47:23

Mary Nightingale

Churchview Sat 15-Feb-25 10:06:32

Atticus Finch

Greyduster Sat 15-Feb-25 10:33:12

Anthony Quayle, actor.

Nell82 Sat 15-Feb-25 10:36:47

Andy Crane, presenter

Nannee49 Sat 15-Feb-25 10:37:13

My maiden name was Birdsmile

HowVeryDareYou2 Sat 15-Feb-25 10:41:32

Dan Quayle (Quail)

Nell82 Sat 15-Feb-25 10:51:03

Trevor Peacock, actor (Vicar of Dibley)

Greenfinch Sat 15-Feb-25 11:19:54

Can we go foreign? Sokolov is the Russian word for falcon as in Lali Sokolov ( The Tattooist of Auschwitz.)

NotSpaghetti Sat 15-Feb-25 11:23:12

Adler and Astor

My dad knew an "Adler" - I think it's Eagle in German.
Astor is well known of course as a surname. It's the Hawk family.

Indigo8 Sat 15-Feb-25 11:27:15

T R Henn (Author)

Namsnanny Sat 15-Feb-25 11:37:18

Cockerel(l) I know no one famous with this surname, just my school friend Sally. Does it count?

Greyduster Sat 15-Feb-25 11:41:29

Ryan Gosling - Canadian actor.

Greyduster Sat 15-Feb-25 11:43:52

Namsnanny Sir Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft. Is he famous enough😊?