Birdsong in Britain
Geoff Sample
Rich sound tapestries that convey the remarkable variety of British bird song. Nightingale and Cuckoo at dawn, Curlews calling on the moors and more of your favourites. 74 min.
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Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus |
Black Grouse | Tetrao tetrix |
Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus |
Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola |
Stock Pigeon | Columba oenas |
Common Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco |
European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides major |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
Hedge Accentor | Prunella modularis |
Common Blackbird | Turdus merula |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Common Whitethroat | Sylvia communis |
Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
Long-tailed-Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
Willow Tit | Poecile montana |
Coal Tit | Periparus ater |
Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus |
Great Tit | Parus major |
Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus |
Wood Nuthatch | Sitta europaea |
Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella |
Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris |
Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
Common Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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