They Are Mangled On The Road Even Before The Traffic Loses Speed

[Brylcream]

Looking for the name of a bird

[Mamyalynne]

Discussed at length here

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1757117.html

[Brylcream]

Still looking for answer

[Mamyalynne]

None of us can see the answer thus far, sadly.

Maybe someone will have a brainwave.

[elliemay1]

When the answers are given can someone please post the name of this bird

[Chinajan]

What elliemay said. I've been puzzling over this one for ages now.

[elliemay1]

Me too!

[barry1010]

Are the answers you do have all British birds or worldwide?

[vulcan42]

cant really justify either but owls is an anagram of slow and swallows has slow in it. any help?

[barry1010]

Mallard?

[Chinajan]

...also if anag 'the road' could somehow be combined with a 't' from another word in the clue then that gives 'throated' - a component of many, many bird names. [and believe me, I've looked at lists and lists!]

[Etch]

I've been thinking 'Great Northern Diver' which contains the letters of 'the road even" but leaves GRTRNIR that I can't explain.

[bobbinwales]

can nearly get an anagram of short eared owls
Can they be thee t?

[bobbinwales]

if clue was THERE not they are then SHORT_EARED OWLS is an angarm of THERE ROAD SLOWS

[Etch]

From bobbinwales's idea, and his idiosyncratic English usage, can I suggest that it's an anagram of 'they are' shortened (erroneously) to 'there', 'road' and 'slows' (for traffic loses speed) to give 'short-eared owls'. ;-)

[Etch]

To be fair to bobbinwales, he's not the only one who seems to think that "they're" (the shortened form of "they are") is spelt "there".

[bobbinwales]

Ha, yes indeed I have mangled the English language in many posts on here!
But I now think theres a simpler explanation of short eared owls which dosn't rely on mangling they're into there.
Perhaps on = about or RE. So anagram of RE THE ROAD and SLOWS.
There might be another explanation involving the even letters of rOaD or even letters of bEfOrE

[Patsy33]

Spotted Flycatcher??

[bobbinwales]

Is that an anagram patsy??

[Patsy33]

Yes I think so..
They are, cc'd engine size? = on the road??
Even = Flat, Loses speed = Stop
Try it.. :-)

[bobbinwales]

my brain is mangled now