How many birds can you identify from their songs?

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I was walking in the woods with Pup this morning and it really felt like spring. As you can see in the picture the place doesn’t look as if it’s bursting with life, all the trees are bare and the ground is still covered with dead leaves, but there were birds singing everywhere. That made me wonder how many birds I could identify. I do know the songs or calls of some common birds, but if I hear one I don’t know, and I can’t see it, then I find it very difficult to identify unless I can find someone else who knows more than me and can accompany me on a walk! So far I think I can manage: Robin Blackbird Jackdaw Crow Green woodpecker Blue tit Great tit Long-tailed tit Jay Red kite Buzzard Wren Black-cap Chaffinch Goldcrest Pheasant Chif-chaf Goldfinch House sparrow Tawny owl Mute swan Mallard Lapwing Skylark Nightingale Yellowhammer Corncrake Cuckoo Raven Swallow Swift Loon/great northern diver I’m not too confident about Dunnock or Thrush although it’s easy if I can see one! I can even cheat by adding a few non-British birds Bell bird Lesser-spotted catbird There might be more but I can’t think of them just now. How many birds can you identify without seeing them? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2016.