COLLECTIVE NOUNS SHOCK!

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS SHOCK!

I just thought I'd post this here. Blime O'Riley (whatever that means) but is there another animal/bird that has that many collective names?

Swans, a ballet of
Swans, a bank of
Swans, a bevy of
Swans, a drift of
Swans, a eyrar of
Swans, a fanfare of
Swans, a flight of
Swans, a flock of
Swans, a game of
Swans, a herd of
Swans, a lamentation of
Swans, a mark of
Swans, a regatta of
Swans, a royal of
Swans, a school of
Swans, a sounder of
Swans, a squadron of
Swans, a swannery of
Swans, a tank of
Swans, a team of
Swans, a tranquility of
Swans, a ā€œVā€ formation of
Swans, a wedge of
Swans, a whiteness of
Swans, a whiting of
Swans (trumpeter), a fanfare of

A vesta of swans.
I can't keep this door open, could someone pass me a... ~ www.fabulousmother.co.uk
A wedge of swans - regularly used for doorstops in royal households and anything designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. ~ www.fabulousmother.co.uk
Usually installed by the Royal Wedger I believe.
I seem to remember Ely called them an attack of swans :O)
"Usually installed by the Royal Wedger" That's true, although it's a dying art ā€“ along with ceremonial Swan Trumpeting. ~ www.fabulousmother.co.uk
So many of the old ways are dying out. They still up them I hope.
How about a 'roast of'? Oops, it's only the Queen and some dodgy Cambridge college that can do that. Time for the poacher's hat to come to good use.
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