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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.

Churchview Sat 15-Feb-25 17:02:42

Sarah Raven

crazyH Sat 15-Feb-25 17:09:52

Nightingale (Anne)

Churchview Sat 15-Feb-25 17:24:05

Budgie from Siouxsie and the Banshees.

HavanaMoon Sat 15-Feb-25 17:34:31

Sir Christopher Wren.

crazyH Sat 15-Feb-25 17:35:47

Dan Crow (musician)

Georgesgran Sat 15-Feb-25 18:16:05

Budgie - Adam Faith character, in the 60s or 70s?

Indigo8 Sat 15-Feb-25 18:23:19

Natalie Swallow (My DD's old ballet teacher)

crazyH Sat 15-Feb-25 20:17:31

Partridge

Allira Sat 15-Feb-25 22:52:29

I was at college with a girl whose surname was Parrot

Sigourney Weaver. Weaver is a common surname.

RosieandherMaw Sat 15-Feb-25 22:56:38

Professor Snape in Harry Potter

Allira Sat 15-Feb-25 22:57:28

Rex Whistler

Babs03 Sat 15-Feb-25 23:01:21

Mr Peacock - out of ‘are you being served.’

Allira Sat 15-Feb-25 23:06:19

Chicken

Barberdice Sat 15-Feb-25 23:10:09

(H)owl

swampy1961 Sat 15-Feb-25 23:22:17

Robin Gibb

crazyH Sun 16-Feb-25 02:08:40

Stephen Bear

RosieandherMaw Sun 16-Feb-25 08:31:01

crazyH

Stephen Bear

???confused

I know pigs might fly…but bears?

Auntieflo Sun 16-Feb-25 10:45:02

Graham Swift, artist husband od Sarah Beeny

Allira Sun 16-Feb-25 10:47:07

Bower as in Bowerbird

JamesandJon33 Sun 16-Feb-25 14:37:33

Johannes Corvus ( Raven)

w1u7 Sun 16-Feb-25 15:03:28

My maiden name was Canary. I couldn't wait to get married as I got teased all the time

RosieandherMaw Sun 16-Feb-25 18:45:48

A girl in my year at school was called Elizabeth Chick 🐣

RosieandherMaw Sun 16-Feb-25 18:47:17

A bird in the hand is worth two in the (George HW and George W) BUSH

Indigo8 Sun 16-Feb-25 21:25:10

Lewis Blackbird - British motor cycle speedway rider

rubysong Sun 16-Feb-25 23:32:00

I had ancestors with the surname Cock.