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Collins Guide to Garden Bird Songs & Calls

An identification guide consisting in a small hardback book and CD.
CD tracks | Species covered

 


 

32-page book and single CD covering the songs and calls of 50 garden bird species with 99 track ids. Each species has a brief spoken introduction from the author pointing out what to listen for. Species are arranged in family or associative groupings to help with identification.

 

 


 

 

(Numbers are CD track id's)

1 Robin (2, 3), Wren (4, 5), Dunnock (6, 7)

8 Song Thrush (9, 10), Blackbird (11, 12), Mistle Thrush (13, 14)

15 Blue Tit (16, 17), Great Tit (18, 19), Coal Tit (20, 21)

22 Nuthatch (23, 24), Long-tailed Tit (25), Treecreeper (26, 27), Spotted Flycatcher (28, 29)

30 Swift (31), Swallow (32, 33), House Martin (34, 35), Pied Wagtail (36, 37)

38 Chaffinch (39, 40), Yellowhammer (41, 42)

43 Greenfinch (44, 45), Goldfinch (46, 47), Siskin (48, 49), Linnet (50, 51)

52 Bullfinch (53, 54), Hawfinch (55)

56 Garden Warbler (57, 58), Blackcap (59, 60), Willow Warbler (61, 62), Chifffchaff (63, 64), Goldcrest (65, 66)

67 House Sparrow (68, 69), Starling (70, 71)

72 Magpie (73), Jay (74), Jackdaw (75), Carrion Crow (76)

77 Sparrowhawk (78), Kestrel (79)

80 Woodpigeon (81), Collared Dove (82), Turtle Dove (83), Cuckoo (84)

85 Tawny Owl (86), Little Owl (87), Barn Owl (88)

89 Great Spotted Woodpecker (90, 91), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (92), Green Woodpecker (93)

94 Pheasant

95 Grey Heron (96), Coot (97), Moorhen (98), Kingfisher (99)

Species List
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Eurasian Sparrowhawk)
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (Common Kestrel)
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (Common Pheasant)
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Common Moorhen)
Coot Fulica atra (Common Coot)
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus (Common Wood Pigeon)
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared Dove)
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle Dove)
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo)
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Little Owl Athene noctua
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis (Common Kingfisher)
Swift Apus apus (Common Swift)
Swallow Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
House Martin Delichon urbica
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes (Winter Wren)
Dunnock Prunella modularis (Hedge Accentor)
Robin Erithacus rubecula (European Robin)
Blackbird Turdus merula (Common Blackbird)
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Chifffchaff Phylloscopus collybita (Common Chiffchaff)
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris (Eurasian Treecreeper)
Nuthatch Sitta europaea (Wood Nuthatch)
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Coal Tit Parus ater
Great Tit Parus major
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
Magpie Pica pica (Black-billed Magpie)
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Jackdaw Corvus monedula (Eurasian Jackdaw)
Jay Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)
Starling Sturnus vulgaris (Common Starling)
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris (European Greenfinch)
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch)
Siskin Carduelis spinus (Eurasian Siskin)
Linnet Carduelis cannabina (Common Linnet)
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Common Bullfinch)
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

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