Things You Didn't Need to Know!
A Compendium Of Pointless Facts
Collective Nouns
- Barren of Mules
- Bevy of Quails
- Bevy of Roes
- Brace or Lease of Bucks
- Brood or Covey of Grouse
- Brood of Hens or Chickens
- Building or Clamour of rooks
- Bunch, Company or knob of Wigeon (in the water)
- Bunch, Knob or Spring of Teal
- Cast of Hawks
- Cete of Badgers
- Charm of Goldfinches
- Chattering of Choughs
- Clowder of Cats
- Colony of Gulls (breeding)
- Covert of Coots
- Covey of Partridges
- Cowardice of Curs
- Desert of Lapwings
- Dopping of Sheldrakes
- Down or Husk of Hares
- Drove or Herd of Cattle (Kine)
- Exalation of Larks
- Fall of Woodcocks
- Field or String of Racehorses
- Flight of Wigeon (in air)
- Flight or Dule of Doves
- Flight of Swallows
- Flight of Dunlins
- Flight, Rush, Bunch or Knob of Pochards
- Flock or Flight of Pigeons
- Flock of Sheep
- Flock of Swifts
- Flock or Gaggle of Geese
- Flock, Congregation, Flight or Volery of Birds
- Gaggle of Geese (on ground)
- Gang of Elk
- Haras (Stud) of Horses
- Herd of Antelopes
- Herd of Buffaloes
- Herd, Sedge or Siege of Cranes
- Herd of Curlews
- Herd of Deer
- Herd of Giraffes
- Herd or Tribe of Goats
- Herd or Pod of Seals
- Herd or Bevy of Swans
- Herd of Ponies
- Herd of Swine
- Hill of Ruffs
- Host of Sparrows
- Kindle of Kittens
- Labour of Moles
- Leap of Leopards
- Litter of Cubs
- Litter of Pups or Pigs
- Litter of Whelps
- Murmuration of Starlings
- Muster of Peacocks
- Nest of Rabbits
- Nye or Nide of Pheasants
- Pace or Herd of Asses
- Pack of Grouse
- Pack, Mute or Cry of Hounds
- Pack, Rout or Herd of Wolves
- Paddling of Ducks
- Plump, Sord or Sute of Wildfowl
- pod of Whiting
- Pride or Troop of Lions
- Rag of Colts
- Richesse of Martens
- Run of Poultry
- School or Run of Whales
- School or Gam of Porpoises
- Sedge or Siege of Bitterns
- Sedge or Siege of Herons
- Shoal, Draught, Haul, Run or Catch of Fish
- Shrewdness of Apes
- Skien of Geese (in flight)
- Skulk of Foxes
- Sleuth of Bears
- Sord or Sute of Mallards
- Sounder of Boars
- Sounder or Dryft of Swine
- Stand or Wing of Plovers
- Stud of Mares
- Swarm of Insects
- Swarm or Grist of Bees or Flies
- Swarm or Cloud of Gnats
- Tok of Capercailzies
- Team of Ducks
- Troop of Kangaroos
- Troop of Monkeys
- Walk or Wisp of Snipe
- Watch of Nightingales
- Yoke, Drove, Team or Heard of Oxen
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