Favourite duck = Shoveler
Favourite goose = Brent
Favourite swan = Whooper
Favourite songbird = Jackdaw
Favourite birdsong = not Jackdaw
Favourite gull = Black Headed (mouette rieuse, lachmöwe)
Favourite seabird = Gannet
Favourite thrush = Redwing
Favourite egret = Cattle
Favourite owl = Barn
This list of my favourite birds will be periodically reposted if I feel the need to add to it: editing gets messy.