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Collins Guide to Bird Songs & Calls

 120-page book and 2 CDs covering the most frequently-heard songs and calls of over 150 species.

Species list

CD 1

URBAN (8'52")

GARDENS, PARKS & VILLAGES (12'26")

FARMLAND (10'58")

HEATHLAND (7'58")

LOWLAND WOODS (13'08")

WESTERN OAKWOOD (8'15")

NORTHERN PINEWOOD (11'00")

 

CD 2

MOORLAND (10'33")

FLOW COUNTRY (8'50")

WETLANDS (11'08")

LAKES & PONDS (10'25")

RIVERS (7'46")

SUMMER SHORE (8'38")

WINTER ESTUARY (8'22")

SEACLIFF (6'42")
Each CD is approximately 74 minutes long. The audio consists of 15 habitat sections during which track id points and the author's announcements identify the sounds. Text in the book gives further information about the songs and calls of the species on the CDs and some species not covered on them, plus some extra details about the recordings used, and an introduction covering general aspects of birds' vocal behaviour, tips on learning bird sounds and such-like.
   

Species List (audio)

Non-passerines

    

Red-throated Diver
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Fulmar
Bittern
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Teal
Mallard
Garganey
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Eider
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Kestrel
Hobby

Peregrine Falcon
Red Grouse
Ptarmigan
Black Grouse
Capercaillie
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Quail
Pheasant
Water Rail
Corncrake
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Stone-curlew
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Dunlin
Snipe
Woodcock
Whimbrel
Curlew
Redshank
Greenshank
Common Sandpiper

Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Kittiwake
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Guillemot
Razorbill
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Nightjar
Swift
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Passerines

    

Woodlark
Skylark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Dipper
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Nightingale
Redstart
Whinchat
Stonechat
Wheatear
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing

Mistle Thrush
Grasshopper Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Wood Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Bearded Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Crested Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper

Golden Oriole
Jay
Magpie
Chough
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Twite
Redpoll
Crossbill
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting

 

 

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