America has the bald eagle, France the Gallic rooster and India the peacock. That Britain, a nation of animal lovers, does not have a bird to call its own, has spurned ornithologist David Lindo to action with a campaign to find our national bird.

美国有秃鹰，法国有高卢雄鸡，印度有孔雀。而英国，作为一个满是动物爱好者的国家，却没有自己的国鸟，因此鸟类学家大卫·林多发起了国鸟选拔运动。

He said: "I want to encourage the great British public to vote for the bird that best represents all that is great about this nation."

他表示：“我想鼓励英国民众投票选出最能彰显英国伟大之处的鸟类。”

More than 70,000 people voted in the first round to whittle it down to a shortlist of 10 and members of the public now have six weeks to choose which British bird they would like to see represent the country, he said.

他说，超过7万民众参与了第一轮投票，海选过后得出十个最终候选鸟，在接下来的六周里，民众就要选出哪种鸟最能代表英国。

The 10 most popular birds which have been voted for the by the public are the robin, kingfisher, barn owl, blue tit, wren, blackbird, puffin, mute swan, red kite and hen harrier.

由民众投票选出的10个最终候选鸟分别是：知更鸟，翠鸟，仓鸮，蓝冠山雀，鹪鹩，画眉，海鹦，疣鼻天鹅，赤鸢和白尾鹞。

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