A chattering of starlings, a murder of crows, a kindle of kittens, here are our favourite collective nouns for the creatures we’ve spotted out and about:
An ARMY of ants
A GRIST of bees
A FLIGHT of butterflies
A DESTRUCTION of cats
An ARMY of caterpillars
A PEEP of chickens
A MURDER of crows
A DROVE of donkeys
CONVOCATION of eagles
A BUSINESS of ferrets
A SKULK of foxes
A GAGGLE of geese
A CLOUD of grasshoppers
A COLONY of gulls
A PRICKLE of hedgehogs
A SIEGE of herons
A SMUCK of jellyfish
A KINDLE of kittens
A LEAP of leopards
A TIDING of magpies
A LABOUR of moles
A BED of mussels
A PARLIAMENT of owls
PANDEMONIUM of parrots
A FLIGHT of pigeons
A COLONY of rabbits
An UNKINDNESS of ravens
A NURSERY of raccoons
A CLAMOUR of rooks
A QUARREL of sparrows
A CLUSTER of spiders
A DRAY of squirrels
A CHATTERING of starlings
A FLIGHT of swallows
A FLOCK of swifts
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