Collective nouns

lotherton
We had our first trip to Lotherton Hall today, an Edwardian Mansion and extensive grounds bequeathed to Leeds in 1968. 

Leaving the bird garden, I noticed a number of words in the wrought ironwork gates. I was puzzled by what they meant at first, then I discovered the explanation painted around the canopy of the entrance porch-like structure.

See how well you know your birds.

charm

tiding

exaltation

flock

host

flight

wisp

murmuration- accidentally cropped!

Answers below the fold (assuming you can see a fold, I published it in the wrong place so RSS might have put it too far down.)

charmtiding

exaltationflock

hostflight

wispmurmuration

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2 Responses to Collective nouns

  1. jmb says:

    Catching up after my return from the Antipodes. I only knew one here, what a surprise. I did not even twig to what it wa till I saw the answers.
    A very refined template indeed.

  2. Shades says:

    JMB, I have been watching your transition between the hemispheres with interest.

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